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Four candidates wanting to be the next South Yorkshire mayor put their policies and views to the voters in a special election hustings.

Improving education and skills for young people, franchising buses, and driving growth in Sheffield’s city centre should be the new Mayor of South Yorkshire’s top priorities for 2022.

Local elections are taking place across Yorkshire on May 5 and are likely to result in some big changes in how the region is governed. Here is a county-by-county guide to what is at stake.

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has unveiled their candidate for the upcoming South Yorkshire mayoral election.

BBC News Published image captionDr Alan Billings has held the role since 2014 Labours Dr Alan Billings is to continue as South Yorkshires Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for a third term. Dr Billings received 165,442 first preference votes, beating Conservative candidate David Chinchen, who gained 98,851 votes. The former parish priest and academic has held the role since 2014. Dr Billings said South Yorkshire Police had improved under him and he wanted to continue to "beat down crime". He ...

Sheffield dog breeder hounded with death threats and racist abuse after illegally importing mutilated puppies Carmen Pintea, who runs Barbarian Corso Kennels in Sheffield, lost her job and has been stripped of her dog breeding licence Get the latest Sheffield news and updates delivered straight to your inbox - sign up for free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletter...