All news on the topic: South Yorkshire Police

A police force has insisted its officers were ’justified’ after footage emerged online of them lashing out at a group of young girls with a baton and Tasers in Rotherham.

This is the shocking moment cops point a taser and brandish batons at a gaggle of teenage girls as a pavement clash gets out of hand.

A body has been recovered in a major search for a young man who went missing after he entered a lake in the Swanscombe area of Kent on Wednesday. Ten people have died in open water in the UK in the last few days.

A fifth person has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of a pedestrian killed in a crash in Barnsley.

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died in a crash in Barnsley.

A significant police presence has been reported at Fir Vale Academy in Sheffield following an incident on Thursday afternoon.

A man and a woman, both in their 20s, were inside a dark BMW sedan which veered off the highway and struck a tree at 11:30 pm on Wednesday.

A 15-year-old boy who stabbed a fellow pupil to death during their school lunch break can now be named as he faces a life sentence today.

The South Yorkshire Police (SYP) force is facing 10 new investigations over its handling of historic sexual abuse reports in Rotherham.

This is the shocking moment a knifeman, just in his underwear, stabbed a cop in the neck in a "vicious" attack, after he had threatened a woman.

A man threatened to use a gun to ’cause harm’ in emails sent to schools in Sheffield and a nursery in London.

An XL Bully believed to be the same dog which escaped when marksmen opened fire on it last week has been found and put down, police have said.

Romulad Stefan Houphouet, 37, and Absolom Sigiyo, 41, have been found guilty of rape after befriending their two victims, living in a children’s home, in Rotherham,. South Yorkshire

Freedom of Information Act disclosures reveal the extent of the speeding issue on Britain’s roads, with nearly half of UK police forces recording drivers reaching 90mph on 30mph roads.

A teenager has been charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy at a school in Sheffield.

Five teenagers have been arrested in connection with an air rifle shooting in Sheffield which left six people injured.

A senior South Yorkshire Police officer describes "a particularly sickening moment" when a wheelie bin was pushed against the Holiday Inn, which provides accommodation for asylum seekers, and set on fire "with the clear intent to cause serious harm to the residents and staff".

Many picketing miners think South Yorkshire Police orchestrated the violence at the coking plant near Rotherham on June 18, 1984 and have been campaigning to have the police files made available

The Leeds fan was taken to hospital following the heavy fall from the top tier of the Shed end at Stamford Bridge during FA Cup fifth-round tie against Chelsea

The speed limit on the M1 and other motorways has been slashed - with £8,000 of fines a day dished out as part of a trial to make roads safer amid a growing spate of crashes and pile-ups