Derbyshire residents urged to prepare for further floods
Residents and motorists are being urged by Derbyshire County Council to get prepared as more heavy rain expected over the next few days brings the risk of more flooding.Downpours meant some roads had...
View ArticleA hopping good evening
WORKSOP folk enjoyed a fun evening of frog racing to raise money for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.Around 120 supporters attended the night at the Masonic Hall which raised £925 for the charity.The...
View ArticleTwo people injured in Harworth crash
TWO people were injured after a car crashed and rolled onto its side in Harworth last night (Thursday).The accident happened on Bawtry Road around 6pm.Emergency services, including the fire service...
View ArticleUp to 60 jobs are to be cut at SYPTE
South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) is cutting up to 60 jobs - 16 per cent of the workforce.This brings the total number of SYPTE job losses since 2011/12 to 100 - a reduction of 30...
View ArticleFestive fayre and open day
Rotherham Open Arts Renaissance (ROAR) is holding a Christmas Fayre and Open Studios on 7th and 8th December from 10am-4pm.The Christmas Fayre will be held at The Old Market Gallery, on Corporation...
View ArticleProtect belongings
When it’s good, Autumn weather in Bassetlaw is very, very good, but when it is bad, it is horrid. At the moment, it’s dark, it’s cold and it’s wet.But while many of us adopt our own form of hibernation...
View ArticleYoungsters’ charity walk
Four youngsters from Tickhill and Blyth put their best feet forward and trekked 6.5 miles each to raise £500 for a Doncaster hospice.Daisy Ellison, nine, her sister Amy, seven, both of Tickhill,...
View ArticleBassetlaw speed cameras: w/c Monday 26th November
There will be mobile speed cameras in the following locations this week from Monday 26th November 2012:A60 Carlton Road, Worksop Spital Hill / Leverton Road, Retford A631 Flood Plains Road,...
View ArticleLaw but not much order
IF you thought that the policing methods used by DCI Gene Hunt in the hit TV show Life on Mars were a bit unorthodox then, to paraphrase the popular saying, you ain’t read nothing yet.A new book...
View ArticleRadiologist for Bassetlaw
A NEW consultant radiologist has joined the team at the health trust which runs Bassetlaw Hospital.Dr Mathew Kaduthodil is a specialist in the liver, gall bladder and gastrointestinal imaging.Talking...
View ArticleRight time for records
Remember records? The pleasure of going out to buy the latest single, taking it home and sliding it carefully out of its sleeve so as not to scratch it?It probably seems like ancient history to those...
View ArticleBrethren plans back on the table
plans for an independent school, convention centre and gospel hall on greenbelt land in North Anston have been resubmitted to Rotherham Council.Elsworth Acres submitted the application on behalf of the...
View ArticleMan faces theft charge
A MAN has appeared in court charged with stealing between £6,000 and £15,000 from his employer.John Fagan, 63, of Watson Road, Worksop, is alleged to have taken the money from Northern Garden Centre in...
View ArticleLorry driver up in court
A LORRY driver has appeared in court charged with causing the death of a cyclist on the A1 near Blyth.Nigel Drake, 43, of Low Street, Carlton, in Goole, was driving a heavy goods vehicle which collided...
View ArticleSurprise VIP invests local Explorer Scouts
Four members from 27th Rotherham Scout Group received an unusual introduction to explorer scouting after being invested by one of the most senior members of the scouting movement.John May, vice...
View ArticleFun night for ‘Movember’
FUZZY-FACED fun is on offer as Gainsborough Blues Club hosts a special event to raise money for crohns and male cancer charities as part of ‘Movember’ - a month of growing moustaches.On Friday 30th...
View ArticleRetford meeting for ambulance service changes
A PUBLIC meeting into the proposed changes by East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) will be held in Retford on Wednesday.EMAS is in the middle of a consultation called Being The Best, aimed at...
View Article‘Unsung hero’ Fred still doing the rounds at 91
AN ‘unsung hero’ who has worked tirelessly for the Royal British Legion for 66 years has been named as Gainsborough’s Citizen of the Year.Fred Richardson, 91, was handed the award by the Mayor of...
View ArticleMan warned he faces prison
A MAN who went to his former partner’s Creswell home in defiance of a restraining order is to get help with his drink problem.Anthony Osbourne, 50, was given the order at Derby Crown Court last year...
View ArticleStroke advice and support
A NEW group for Stroke survivors that has started up in Dinnington is going from strength to strength. The group meets every Wednesday at Middleton Hall, on Barleycroft Lane, and offers support from...
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