David Rhodes

Feb 17, 2025 | bbc.com | David Rhodes

Police officer sent 'suggestive' texts to womanDavid RhodesBBCStuart Trentham was sentenced at Sheffield Crown CourtA former South Yorkshire Police officer has been jailed for nine months for sending inappropriate and sexualised messages to a vulnerable woman. Stuart Trentham, 41 was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court for an offence of misconduct in a public offence. At the beginning of his trial, Trentham pleaded guilty to the charge.

Jun 20, 2024 | bbc.com | David Rhodes

Universities' fears over cuts to overseas studentsBy David Rhodes, BBC News BBCSheffield Hallam University has lost more than £60m in the past seven years, according to its published accounts Universities across Yorkshire have warned that planned cuts to the number of international students coming to the UK could push more institutions into debt. Analysis by BBC News found the 10 major universities in the region made a combined financial loss of nearly £160m in the past three years.

Jun 1, 2024 | bbc.com | David Rhodes

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire unis' £107m bill for staff redundanciesGoogleThe University of Huddersfield recently announced plans to axe one in 10 of its total workforceUniversities in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have spent over £100m making more than 6,000 staff redundant since 2015, the BBC has found. Redundancy programmes were implemented as universities struggled to meet rising costs, while tuition fees for domestic students were frozen in 2012.

May 17, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | David Rhodes

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has told staff its finances are in a "critical situation" with "immediate action" needed to sort a £110m deficit. BBC News has obtained a staff email in which senior managers state the trust's finances are in "serious trouble". Eleven hospital trusts in Yorkshire identified they must save £350m from their combined budgets in the year ahead, according to public documents. The government said it was providing the NHS with "record funding".

Mar 15, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | David Rhodes

A man accused of murdering PC Sharon Beshenivsky has said he "never" visited the travel agents where she was shot. Piran Ditta Khan, 75, is alleged to have planned a robbery at Universal Express in Bradford in 2005, where PC Beshenivsky was killed. On Friday he told Leeds Crown Court he had used the business to transfer money but had not been to the premises. Mr Khan, who admitted robbery at a hearing last year, denies murder and four firearms offences.