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Shops caught selling knives to children in Sheffield city centre despite recent stabbings
Between April 7-9, a teenage boy was left fighting for life and two men, aged 21 and 29, were injured in separate stabbings in Sheffield. Yet just a matter of days later, when South Yorkshire Police carried out a test purchase operation in the city centre, they found that two shops were prepared to sell blades to children. A total of 17 shops were visited and 14 passed the test - refusing to sell knives and vapes to underage customers. Sign up for newsletters from The Star But two shops failed...
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Girl at Sheffield Children's Hospital in cancer remission thanks to little sister's lifesaving marrow donation
A schoolgirl at Sheffield Children’s Hospital who was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer is now in remission - thanks to her little sister. Ruby Leaning, 10, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after she collapsed on the playground at school. The youngster urgently needed a bone marrow transplant and after a series of tests, it was discovered that Ruby's little sister Mabel, five, was a perfect match. The sisters' grandmother Amanda Fawcett, 56, says Ruby then had the transplant and...