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Issue 1132
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24th September 2020
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Appeal after body found in Rivelin car fire SHORTLY after 2.30pm on September 18, police were called to the scene of a fire in the Rivelin area of Sheffield.
The fire service had responded to Lodge Lane to reports of a car on fire in the street. As the fire was extinguished, a body was discovered in the front of the car.
An investigation is now in its early stages and at this time, the death is being treated as unexplained.
The police are appealing for anyone who was present at the scene this afternoon to contact police on 101. The incident number is 447 of 18 September.
Emergency services will remain in the area and a cordon is in place while forensic and door-to-door enquiries continue.
New technology on trial in Stocksbridge LIBERTY Steel Group and Shiftec, two members of the sustainable industry leader GFG Alliance, are partnering to deploy sensor technology with the potential to enhance safety and improve efficiency at industrial sites. Under the two-year project, Shiftec will test and pilot its Aquila system, which uses a system similar to GPS to track the precise position of people, equipment and vehicles around factories in real time. The system reduces workplace accidents, enhances the efficiency of movement and – integrated with Shiftec’s high-speed, long-range network solution – can allow for remote control operation of equipment. This control solution is building on Shiftec’s Gemini system, which has already been proven in the film and television industry as well as defence. The £10 million program is being funded by Innovate UK through its Manufacturing Made Smarter Challenge, which is part of the government’s larger Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Shiftec will trial the technology at partner companies in the metals, engineering and industrial sectors in-
cluding Liberty’s Speciality Steels’ site in Stocksbridge and its Pipe Mill in Hartlepool. Also involved in the consortium are the Materials Processing Institute and TSC Simulation of Nottingham. The technology falls under the umbrella category known as Industry 4.0, or the Fourth Industrial Revolution, whereby artificial intelligence is used to enhance the productivity of workplaces. Anthony Blackwell, Chief Technology Officer, Liberty Engineering and Managing Director of Shiftec, said: “This is an exciting opportunity to further test the potential of technology developed at Liberty which could make a real difference across many different workplaces. “This system can allow for a wireless method of controlling heavy equipment and vehicles. It can intervene automatically to prevent imminent accidents, and it can identify small ways to make processes more efficient which, over time, add up to a great deal.” At Liberty Steel’s site in Stocksbridge, the project will examine technologies for semi-autonomous cranes, improved mill measurement capa-
bility for the monitoring of product during rolling, and collect 3D scan data to create a working digital twin of at least one of the mill stands. At Hartlepool, the system will improve the measurement of pipe shape during forming. Liberty Steel’s UK Technical Director, Dr Simon Pike said: “This project, including the input from Shiftec is a significant step forward for both Liberty sites and will act as a test bed for the use of Industry 4.0 approaches and automation. “In conjunction with digital camera technology and metallurgical models we aim to get more precise metallurgical information and dimensional control.” Shiftec, Liberty Engineering and Liberty Steel are all part of the GFG Alliance, the group of industrial businesses owned by Sanjeev Gupta and his family. Aquila has potential applications well beyond steel – including applications in food plants, chemicals factories, aluminium smelters, marine, aerospace as well as the automotive and motorsport industry.
“ESSENTIAL WORKS” TO AFFECT SUPERTRAM NETWORK AT WEEKEND ESSENTIAL works on sections of the Supertram network between Cathedral and Hillsborough will affect the Blue and Yellow routes on the weekend of September 26 and 27. To minimise disruptions, dedicated tram replacement bus service Y1 will run between Middlewood Park and Ride and Commercial Street, in the city centre, connecting passengers to the tram network at Fitzalan Square. The service will run up to every 12 minutes on Saturdays and 20 minutes on Sundays. Timetables will be available at: https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/
en-gb/newsupdates/railreplacement. For Malin Bridge, customers can use services 81 and 82 or nearby services 52a, 61 and 62 as alternative travel options to the tram. The Yellow route will operate between Meadowhall Interchange and Cathedral only to a revised timetable. West Street, Netherthorpe Road, Infirmary Road, Bamforth Street, Hillsborough Park, Leppings Lane and Middlewood Park and Ride tram stops will not be served. The Blue route will operate between Donetsk Way and Cathedral only to the current revised timetable. Malin Bridge, Hillsborough,
Langsett/Primrose View, Shalesmoor, The University of Sheffield, City Hall, Moss Way, Crystal Peaks, B e i g hton / D r a ke h ou s e Lane, Waterthorpe, Westfield and Halfway tram stops will not be served. The Purple route and the Tram train service will not be affected. These works to repair concrete track slabs will be carried out in addition to planned rail replacement works currently underway in the Crystal Peaks area. Together these essential works will ensure that South Yorkshire continues to benefit from a safe and reliable tram network for years to come.
