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Sports club has five sets of twins in its ranksSimon ThakeSimon ThakeThe five sets of twins all play for Rotherham Hockey Club's junior teamsA sports club that has five sets of twins playing for its youth teams has spoken about its unusual claim to fame. Rotherham Hockey Club's junior section has 60 members - and a sixth of them have a twin. They range from 17-year-olds Eve and Charlotte to Mabel and Florence, who are just five.

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Image source, PA MediaImage caption, The Band premiered in Manchester in 2017 and is coming to the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield in NovemberA casting call has gone out for men aged 18-25 to appear in a musical about the passionate fans of boyband Take That. Amateur theatre company Sheffield Teachers' Operatic Society (STOS) will stage a production of The Band at the Lyceum Theatre in November. The show features Take That's songs and premiered in Manchester in 2017 before a West End run.

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Casting call for men to appear in Take That musicalSimon ThakePA MediaThe Band premiered in Manchester in 2017 and is coming to the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield in NovemberA casting call has gone out for men aged 18-25 to appear in a musical about the passionate fans of boyband Take That. Amateur theatre company Sheffield Teachers' Operatic Society (STOS) will stage a production of The Band at the Lyceum Theatre in November.

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College students mark VE Day anniversarySimon ThakeSimon ThakeStudents from Barnsley College have launched a digital selfie mosaic for the 80th anniversary VE Day celebrationsStudents have marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two by researching their own families' contributions. Barnsley College have created a digital mosaic that recreates the moment Winston Churchill announced "victory in Europe" from the Whitehall balcony on 8 May 1945 - which became known as VE Day.

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Quarry could be turned into outdoor sports venueSimon ThakeSimon Thake/BBCThe site of the former limestone quarry in Doncaster has been vacant for 15 yearsAn abandoned quarry in South Yorkshire could be transformed into an outdoor pursuits development for quad biking, water sports and a ropes course. The former Sutton Field Limestone Quarry has stood vacant for 15 years, but waste management firm FCC Environment has expressed an interest to Doncaster Council in developing the site.