A PLANNING application which will seek to build more than 140 homes on a sprawling former quarry site is set to be lodged with Barnsley Council. The 13-acre plot, off Cudworth Parkway, was included in ...

A YOUNGSTER’S mammoth effort which has seen him raise more than £15,000 by running the equivalent of nine marathons in just four months has been praised in Parliament. Nine-year-old Oliver Smith’s ...

BARNSLEY’S three MPs have explained their reasons for voting against Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer facing an investigation over claims he misled MPs about the process to appoint Lord Mandelson. On ...

A LIFELINE youth club which has been helping kids for years has finally found new premises after concerns it may have to close for good. Dearne Kids’ Group runs from Houghton Road Community Centre in ...

A PETITION calling for the council to take action on a Lundwood road which has been turned into a ‘perilous speedway’ has been launched - and those behind it say something needs to be done before ...

THE Royal College of Midwives is set to undergo a formal strike ballot of its members at Barnsley Hospital - just days after another union halted plans - after the trust moved to a formal ‘fire and ...

YOUNGSTERS at a local primary school have been working to raise awareness of the importance of looking after the planet through a new project. The ECO leaders were elected by children in key stage two ...

A DARTON care home has been praised by the Care Quality Commission following its most recent inspection even receiving an ‘outstanding’ rating for how caring its staff are. Dignity Residential Care ...

JASON Thelwell says it has been a ‘privilege and an honour’ to be the voice of Barnsley FC over the last three decades - and he admits the ‘You Reds’ at his farewell game on Saturday will be his ...

AN ADULT learner at Barnsley College has big plans to create a hair salon designed to support people with autism.Joy Ric...

TEN YEARS on from finishing bottom of NCEL Division One in front of a crowd of 23, Worsbrough Bridge capped a record-breaking season with a glorious play-off final win which was watched by 1,617. They ...

A CARE provider has been told it ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission for the third consecu... Local News ...