Survey finds happy tenants
THE caretaking team at A1 Housing are celebrating after a new survey found that tenant satisfaction has risen to 92 per cent.The independent survey found that satisfaction was up six per cent from last...
View ArticleWarning over new cash scam
POLICE are warning residents to be vigilant about scam artists promising ready cash over the phone.South Yorkshire residents have been phoned by fraudsters claiming to be from loan companies or...
View ArticlePedal power at Dinnington school
Students at Dinnington Comprehensive will be saddling up and using their pedal power to create fruit smoothies today (Friday).Around 200 students will be designing their own fruit smoothies, working...
View ArticleYoung stars open new Asda store
Players from Harworth Colliery Football Club were on hand to officially open the new Asda Harworth store on Scrooby Road.Seventeen players from the junior and senior teams at the town’s football club...
View ArticleLocal copper up for rescue bravery award
A GAINSBOROUGH policeman has been nominated to represent Lincolnshire for an award after he bravely plunged into the freezing River Trent to rescue a man.Local copper PC Paul Sandall, along with the...
View ArticleFree! hair wax for every reader
THERE’S no such thing as a bad hair day with this week’s fantastic offer for a tin of free Kangol Hair Wax from Cutting Edge Unisex.We have teamed up with the Worksop shop, on Netherton Road, to offer...
View ArticleMan must pay police
A RETFORD man smeared excrement over a police cell after being arrested, Worksop magistrates heard on Friday.Andrew Hanson, 47, of Lowfields, admitted criminal damage at Newark police station, and...
View ArticleBoy admits to robbery
A 14-YEAR-OLD youth has admitted a robbery in Castle Hill Park in Worksop.The teenager pleaded guilty at Nottingham Crown Court to robbing a youth of a bag containing alcohol on 31st August.The...
View ArticleDonations for hospice fair
DONATIONS are needed for Rotherham Hospice’s Christmas Fair.The hospice is looking for good quality items such as gifts, toys, jewellery and toiletries, as well as crafted items, cakes, jams and...
View ArticleArrow Farm pumpkin contest
ARROW Farm is looking for the best carved pumpkin this autumn and YOU could be in with the chance of winning a special prize.People have until Friday 2nd November to enter their carved pumpkin to be in...
View ArticleStudents get to play at Paxman
BASSETLAW councillors faced tough questions from Worksop post-16 students in a cross-party Question Time event as part of Local Democracy Week.Couns Rebecca Leigh, Tracey Taylor and Hazel Brand took...
View ArticleUnpaid work raises hundreds for Bluebell Wood
Probation managers, magistrates and staff got a taste of what it is like to be on a community sentence.But their work by employees at South Yorkshire Probation Trust did not go un-rewarded as they were...
View ArticleRoad closures for Worksop Half Marathon
THERE will be several road closures in place this weekend for the Worksop Half Marathon on Sunday 28th October.Newgate Street, Park Street, Sparken Hill, Netherton Road and Ollerton Road will all be...
View ArticleWarrant out for man
A WARRANT has been granted for a Worksop man who breached his community order.Adrian Fincham, 24, of Cheapside, failed to attend two appointments for an order imposed on 16th August.Worksop magistrates...
View ArticleSally’s last hand after 40 years
BRIDGE players at Worksop Bridge Club have given their outgoing chairman and director Sally Cook a heartfelt send-off after 40 years.Sally’s stalwart service was recognised with the presentation of a...
View ArticleWIN! Family tickets to Worksop Bonfire
AUTUMN is definitely here now - so why not cheer yourself up from the cold dark nights and head to Worksop Bonfire Night this November.The popular annual event is coming to Worksop Rugby Club on...
View ArticleKids will have a frightfully good time at Halloween discos
SPOOKY young things can get gruesome on the dance floor next week at not one, but two, Halloween discos.Valley Young People’s Centre in Stanley Street, Worksop, invites kids to show off their best...
View ArticleWoodsetts to remember war heroes
THE Bishop of Doncaster will remember war heroes in Woodsetts on Sunday.Peter Burrows will be at St George’s Church to bless a new cross on the village war memorial.He will also bless the restored WWI...
View ArticleVandals strike at Thurcroft play area
HEARTLESS vandals have put Thurcroft children at risk after damaging part of a playground and skate park, councillors claimed this week.Thurcroft Parish Council chairman Coun Jeb Nightingale branded...
View ArticleConcern grows for elderly woman in Creswell
POLICE are growing concerned for an elderly lady seen wandering around Creswell late last night (Friday 26th October)The lady was seen on Colliery Road in Creswell where witnesses say she seemed to be...
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