My disk space isn't increasing?

Hello,
I seem to have a problem with my Macbook Pro 13-inch (Mid 2014) with Retina Display,
I have 121 GB Flash Storage, and I have partitioned my disk into 2 parts, the first being my startup disk (70.72 GB) and the second, a secondary disk (49.62 GB). I recently got a message saying the my startup disk was full, and to free space on it(I had around 16.1 mb free), but when I delete Applications, Music, Videos, iDevice Backups etc., the free space remains 16.1 mb, and it's not increasing. I've also tried to repair disk permissions etc.
Could someone please help?
I'm on OSX Yosemite 10.10.1
Thank You!

Download from the Internet OmniDiskSweeper and Grand Perspective (both free) and open them. They will show all of your files and the respective sizes. You can use these to determine what discrepancies there may be.
Have you clicked on the HDD icon on the desk top to see what it says about the storage usage? This is from mine:
How does that compare with what is shown in Disk Utility?
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