Work advice
WORKSOP residents aged over 50 looking for work are being encouraged to take advantage of self-help work clubs offering support and employment advice.The sessions take place at Worksop Library on...
View ArticleLong life secrets
Brilliant story in the Guardian last week about an old dear up at Blyth who’s just turned 106.The story revealed that for the overwhelming majority of her life she hasn’t worked.This maybe explains why...
View ArticleCharity run
The NSPCC is asking residents from in and around Worksop to take on the 2012km Gold Challenge this Olympic year and help raise funds to support vulnerable children and families.For info or to get...
View ArticleShow in Everton
A JAZZ quartet is to perform at Everton Village Hall on the evening of 27th January.Fascinating Rhythm display superb vocals, saxophone, clarinet, piano and double bass from the Great American...
View ArticleFire cuts
SOUTH Yorkshire Fire and Rescue is urging people to make their views known on proposed changes to its frontline services.The period of public consultation ends of Monday 6th February into proposals to...
View ArticleAntique show
ANTIQUE professional Eric Knowles will be visiting Rotherham’s Civic Theatre next week.Eric, who has appeared on shows such as Antiques Roadshow, will appear in Antique Antics on Sunday 29th January....
View ArticleCar fire in Shireoaks
EMERGENCY services were called out to a car fire in Shireoaks this morning (Sunday 22nd January)At 1.33am, a fire crew from Worksop went to Thorpe Lane in Shireoaks where a car was ablaze.It is...
View ArticleKeep hold of lost propety
PEOPLE are being urged to call a non emergency police number if they find an item of property that doesn’t belong to them.South Yorkshire Police say it will prevent the public from having to make...
View ArticleLorry causing A57 tailbacks
A BROKEN down lorry is causing tailbacks on the A57 this morning.The lorry broke down between the roundabout junction 31 of the M1 and the Todwick Crossroads.
View ArticleWelcoming the dogs too
WHEN you’ve lost your home, having to give up a much loved pet dog can seem like the final heartbreak.The wrench of giving up a dog which has been a companion and friend for years can sometimes prove...
View ArticleRent increase doesn’t add up
What is it about the figure 7 per cent?The other week local rail users were slapped with a 7 per cent increase in fares to use the clapped out buses on rails that trundle along the branch line to...
View ArticleTell the police
Lincolnshire Police Authority is holding its next formal meeting members of the public may ask questions at Police HQ, Deepdale Lane, Nettleham on 27th January 2012 starting at 10.30am.Questions must...
View ArticleFond memories of the rag trade
THE days of living round the corner from where you worked might seem long gone for most of us, but there was a time when it was the norm.Margaret Farnsworth lived just a stone’s throw from the old Seal...
View ArticleShopping centre and Spar for Corringham Rd
CONSTRUCTION work on a new Spar and shopping centre on Corringham Road in Gainsborough is due to start in March.The Sturton-by-Stow based Tillbridge Developments construction company was first given...
View Article‘We’ll be back home very soon’
REPAIRS have begun on a scout hut in Dinnington which was devastated by fire last year.The blaze at the building on Laughton Road caused around £35,000 of damage and forced youngsters out of their...
View ArticleStargazing
AMATEUR stargazers are being urged to help map light pollution during national Star Count Week.People are being asked to take part from 20th to 27th January by the Campaign to Protect Rural England and...
View ArticleSociety is on right tracks
There’s playing with toy trains - and then there’s constructing a model railway.And the two are entirely different things.Walking into Gainsborough Model Railway Society’s premises on Florence Terrace...
View ArticleLittle Fidgets French and Spanish class
KIDS wanting to learn a new language can take their first steps in a class at Retford Methodist Church.Children aged from two to 11 can visit the church on Hallcroft Road on 31st January from 9.45am.An...
View ArticleShow in Everton
A JAZZ quartet is to perform at Everton Village Hall on the evening of 27th January.Fascinating Rhythm display superb vocals, saxophone, clarinet, piano and double bass from the Great American...
View ArticleNHS health meeting
THE next public meeting of the Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust board of directors is on 26th January.It is at Carr House Centre, Danum Road, Doncaster at 9am. The full agenda...
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