Families to face increase in bills as Council Tax Benefit is cut
FAMILIES claiming Council Tax Benefit will have to find an average of £84 a year from 1st April this year.The Government will end the scheme on 31st March - cutting Bassetlaw Council’s benefit grant by...
View ArticleFamily history at local library
Want to find out more about your family and local history?Retford Library is holding a drop-in surgery on Thursday 14th February.Visitors will be able to talk with a local studies librarian.The...
View ArticleMissing man found in town centre
MISSING Worksop man Mark Keywood has been found safe and well.Mr Keywood, 43, was reported missing over the weekend.But he was found in Bridge Street, Worksop, at about 11.40am today (Monday 11th...
View ArticlePlans for 271 new homes gets go-ahead
PLANS for 271 new homes to be built in Dinnington have been given the green light by Rotherham Council.The development at Outgang Lane had previously been granted outline planning permission for...
View ArticleMaltby by-election
A BY-ELECTION is being held in Maltby next month for a parish councillor.Nomination papers are available from Electoral Services on 01709 823590 or electoral.services@rotherham.gov.ukAnyone wishing to...
View ArticleFamilies get council help
MORE than 80 families have been helped by Notts County Council through a project aimed at turning around the lives of those families across Bassetlaw who are most difficult to engage with.Last summer...
View ArticleMurder charge trio remanded in custody
THREE people have been remanded in custody after they appeared in court charged with the murder of a man found on farmland in Everton.The body of Alan James Easton, 50, of Dunbartonshire, Scotland, was...
View ArticleCouncil explain ‘science’ behind gritting as more wintry weather forecast
WITH more wintry weather forecast for the coming week, Notts County Council is reassuring residents that it will be working hard to keep the county on the move.And with some sources suggesting the...
View ArticleKiveton man seriously injured in M1 crash
A KIVETON man suffered serious head injuries when his car left the M1, travelled up a banking and overturned yesterday (Monday).Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident which happened at...
View ArticleCharity quiz
PUT your general knowledge to the test at a quiz to raise money for Bluebell Wood.The quiz is at the Ambassador Suite of the Masonic Hall in Worksop on Friday 8th March at 7.30pm.Entry is £4 per player...
View ArticleCouncil ‘confident’ about its meat
NOTTS County Council says it is confident it knows where the meat served at schools, day centres and care homes has come from.The authority issued a statement this week amid growing public concern...
View ArticleA rock’n’roll day of dignity
A DINNINGTON nursing home was transported back to the 50s on Friday as residents and staff celebrated Dignity Day.Athorpe Lodge was awash with Pink Ladies and T Birds as staff dressed up to make the...
View ArticleCute Kids competition - change of venue
Do you have the cutest kid in the Worksop area?Does their smile light up a room or do they love posing infront of a camera.If so then the Worksop Guardian has the perfect competition for you to enter...
View ArticleMarathon for Bluebell Wood
Heather Finnerty, wife of Sheffield Steelers coach Ryan, is running the London Marathon for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.Canadian-born Heather became involved with the hospice after Ryan and the...
View Article‘Concerns’ over four lane M1 plan
Plans to add extra capacity on a section of the M1 have been criticised by a top police officer.The £290 million scheme would see the hard shoulder converted into a permanent lane between junction 28...
View ArticleMaltby charity boosted by Bollywood glamour
BOLLYWOOD glamour came to Rotherham - and raised £2,000 for Maltby-based dementia charity Lost Chord.The Bollywood Ball was held at Rotherham United’s New York Stadium, and Lost Chord was one of the...
View ArticleAnston man jailed for using counterfeit notes
A NORTH Anston man has been jailed for eight months for using counterfeit money to buy pizza.Nathan McEvoy admitted possessing and using counterfeit money when he appeared at Rotherham Magistrates’...
View ArticleNotts gritters head out after snow falls in Worksop area
HEAVY snow has brought Notts County Council’s road gritting crews into action as adverse weather hits the Worksop area this afternoon (Wednesday 13th February)The Met Office forecast heavy snow...
View ArticleShed break-in
POLICE are investigating a number of break-ins in Clayworth.A shed was broken into between 5th and 9th February at a property on Town Street and items stolen. And between 12.30am and 10.40am on 8th...
View ArticleWater bills on the rise
HOUSEHOLDS are facing another increase in utility bills - with both Yorkshire Water and Severn Trent announcing price rises from 1st April.Yorkshire Water, which covers most of South Yorkshire, is...
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