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Jeremy Corbyn was mobbed by a huge crowd of fans in the Steel City tonight as thousands turned up to a campaign rally in Sheffield.

Fans surrounded him after his speech on the steps of Sheffield City Hall, with one woman reduced to tears as he posed for photographs.

Organisers worried the weather would stop people turning up to the open air event.

But a spot of drizzle wasn't enough to put off the people of the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire, and an estimated 2,500 people turned up to see the Labour leader speak.

But despite drawing a huge crowd, none of Sheffield's five Labour MPs spoke at the event.

He opened his wide-ranging speech with a touching tribute to late local MP Harry Harpham, who lost his battle with cancer in February.

He went on to make a string of crowd-pleasing promises, pledging to axe PFI contracts in the NHS, abolish Right to Buy and provide council-backed mortgages for first time buyers, if he's elected Prime Minister.

He congratulated Deliveroo drivers, who last week mounted a successful strike against changes to their pay terms.

"When people come together, things can and do change," he said. "And that is why I want us to come together in our party."

But the loudest cheers were reserved for his promise to abolish university tuition fees and reverse cuts to adult education.

He said: "Can't we recognise that when we as a community invest in education, we all benefit from it?"

There was no mention of his challenger for the leadership, Owen Smith , and the only boos were reserved for a fleeting mention of Margaret Thatcher.

The overwhelmingly supportive crowd was only broken by one man shouting "Where were you in the Referendum, Jeremy? You weren't there."

As stewards tried to calm the man, he told them: "I'm taking part in the political discussion. He's not a saint."

And there was a roar of approval for his promise to pull out of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, something which will no longer involve Britain once it leaves the European Union.

Mr Corbyn was accompanied on his trip to Yorkshire by director Ken Loach, who is making a series of short films for his campaign.