Scam calls
VULNERABLE and elderly residents are being warned not to give their bank account details out over the phone.Tricksters posing as Bassetlaw Council workers are ringing people and offering a council tax,...
View ArticleWorkers evacuated from West Burton power station after ‘leak’
PARTS of West Burton power station were evacuated after a potentially dangerous chemical leak.Yesterday (Wednesday 1st February) fire crews from Retford, Misterton and Gainsborough and an Environmental...
View ArticleBid to help Niamh get life-saving treatment
LITTLE Niamh Power urgently needs YOUR help.The eight-year-old from Maltby has undergone three major operations in a year to remove a fast growing and re-occuring brain tumour.But now her family have...
View ArticleLocal dad Dean Beresford’s death blamed on ‘NHS failings’
NHS bosses have admitted a catalogue of failings led up to the death Gainsborough dad Dean Beresford.This week an inquest at Lincoln Cathedral Centre heard how Mr Beresford, 44, of Forster Street,...
View ArticlePupils campaign for new crossing
MOTORISTS have been checked for their speed by children campaigning for a crossing outside their school.Youngsters from Swallownest Primary School were at the roadside with a mobile speed camera on...
View ArticleCanch appeal
Do YOU remember when the Canch first opened in Worksop? Bassetlaw Council wants to hear from anyone with memories, information or pictures.They will be used to back a bid for a Green Flag Award, and...
View ArticleMan injured during raid
Masked men stole cash and cigarettes during an armed robbery at a shop in Worksop.The gang went into Cheapside Stores on Cheapside and punched a member of staff before making off on foot just before...
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shows and events...FridayROTHERHAM Civic Theatre: Rotherham’s Got Talent. Performance at 7.30pm An evening of music, comedy and dance in aid of the Mayor’s charities. A talent show with a difference as...
View ArticleEric Pickles intervenes in Notts County Council service cuts
COMMUNITY secretary Eric Pickles has written to Notts County Council about its ‘disproportionate’ cuts to the voluntary sector.Mr Pickles has intervened in the authority’s cuts to services, according...
View ArticleAurora charity boost
THE old saying ‘Charity begins at home’ rang true for Spinks and A1 Housing as they pledged their latest donation of £1,290 to the Aurora Healthcare Centre.The donation was raised after the Worksop...
View ArticleCircus skills workshop at Todwick Primary School - SLIDESHOW
PLATE spinning, balloon animal making and juggling aren’t the usual activities you expect to find in a school.But one local primary school is having regular circus skills lessons for youngsters to...
View ArticleCommunity mosaic unveiled at West Bassetlaw Children’s Centre
BAssetlaw Council chairman Coun David Challinor unveiled a special mosaic at West Bassetlaw Children’s Centre in Langold.Family workshops to produce the finished piece were held on 15th and 19th...
View ArticleTeen spared jail for street-robbing
A TEENAGER who ‘man-handled’ two 14-year-old boys during a street robbery in Gainsborough has been spared custody by a judge. Appearing before court on Friday 27th January, 19-year-old Ryan Hadaway...
View ArticleFight night
MANTON Boxing Club is holding a fight night featuring all of Worksop’s boxers tonight (Friday) at North Notts Arena.The local lads will go toe to toe with fighters from Sheffield and Huthwaite.Midlands...
View ArticleMan dies following Tickhill crash
A MAN has died following a car crash in Tickhill in the early hours of this morning.A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said emergency services were called to St Mary’s Gate at 5.45am after a silver...
View ArticleMan given unpaid work order after Boxing Day assault
A MAN who assaulted his ex-girlfriend in Harworth on Boxing Day has been ordered to do unpaid work.James Richard Simm, 21, of Coronation Avenue, Misson, admitted the assaults at Worksop Magistrates...
View ArticleSuperfast internet for everyone
GAINSBOROUGH residents are celebrating after plans to bring superfast broadband to all homes and businesses in Lincolnshire within the next five years were given the green light.Central Government has...
View ArticleSpeed traps
MOBILE speed cameras will be in several locations next week.Cameras will be on the A631 Bawtry Road/Rotherham Road, in Hellaby and Maltby and the B6059 School Road/Wales Road/Station Road, in Kiveton...
View ArticleIt’s talking heads!
For their next production, which will run from 15th to 18th February in Everton Village Hall, the Village Players will be presenting four one act plays from Alan Bennett’s acclaimed Talking Heads...
View ArticleDad hits out at partner
A 26-YEAR-OLD Retford dad who kicked and punched his partner after an argument on New Year’s Eve has been sentenced to a 12-month community order. Adam Moore, from Thrumpton Lane, and his partner of...
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