The latest news headlines from the Sheffield Star, Wednesday October 4th 2023.
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00:00 Good afternoon, it's Chris here with your top three stories today, Wednesday October the 4th.
00:04 Number one, Man atop Sheffield trams suspended as car overturns on tracks in crash outside Poundland store.
00:11 Number two, Lidl drops controversial Sheffield supermarket plans after pressure from campaigners.
00:18 And number three, Sheffield councillors including former leader Terry Fox, who was suspended by Labour, have now quit the party to sit as independent members.
00:27 That's it from me, have a great day and we'll see you tomorrow.
00:29 What do you think about them taking up the old tram tracks here at the top of Fargate?
00:34 I think it's a good idea because they've been buried for a long time haven't they?
00:39 But it would be quite nice to have them as a little memorial somewhere to show that they were actually in Sheffield at some point on this road.
00:47 So you'd like some sort of, something to make, to remember what was there?
00:52 What was there, yes, if it's possible, I don't know really, but yeah.
00:58 What do you think about them removing all the old tram tracks at the top of Fargate?
01:02 I've not really got much of an opinion on it to be honest.
01:06 Do you think it's a shame?
01:07 I suppose it is a bit of a shame, yeah.
01:10 Yeah, a shame, yeah.
01:13 I mean it's really sad isn't it, it's like part of the history of Sheffield isn't it, the city centre.
01:18 Would you like to see them keeping them and doing something with them?
01:20 Yeah, keep them and making a little landmark maybe of them.
01:23 What do you think about them pulling up the old tram tracks here at Fargate?
01:33 Well I've never given it any thought, I was totally unaware that there were any old tram tracks there.
01:39 Unless it's a danger or interfering with services, why not just leave them?
01:45 Would you like to see them do something sort of heritage-y out of them?
01:48 Yeah, that would be a good idea, because people in the 50s, I was a kid, we were very fond of those old trams.
01:55 So a small section as a bit of a heritage feature would be a good idea, yeah.
02:01 [Tram sounds]