Deliver on new homes says RICs
The time has come for the government to deliver in Yorkshire on its house building initiatives, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.According to the latest RICS Construction...
View ArticleQuality site managers
Two Ben Bailey Homes site managers from South Yorkshire have won national quality awards at the annual National House Building Council’s Seal of Excellence Awards.Dave Mills, who manages the Summervale...
View Article‘Where can I exercise my kestrel?’ - the top 10 weirdest Notts Council questions
NOTTS residents will soon be able to call a new number for all of their council customer service queries - and we can reveal the top 10 weirdest calls they’ve ever received.To coincide with the launch...
View ArticleRetail park would create 50 jobs
THIS is what a brand new retail park proposed to be built in Gainsborough could look like.The shopping centre is predicted to create 50 jobs and bring ‘great opportunities and growth to the area’.The...
View ArticleBFG proves a Big hit!
KIDS shrieked with excitement as they were paid a visit by Roald Dahl’s classic character the Big Friendly Giant.Worksop Library hosted the storytelling session for four to 11-year-olds which saw actor...
View ArticleRemembrance Service in Worksop
An annual Remembrance Service at lunch will take place at the Worksop Masonic Hall Club on Sunday.The 13th annual event on Sunday 4th November has been organised by Freemasons from Notts to remember...
View ArticleCharity night in memory of Woodsetts soldier
A CHARITY night is being held at Ye Olde Bell Hotel next week in memory of a Woodsetts soldier killed in Afghanistan.Sue Ellis, restaurant supervisor at the hotel in Barnby Moor, lost her 19-year-old...
View ArticleJoy as Manton centre re-opens
CELEBRATIONS were the order of the day at Kingston Close Community Centre as it re-opened more than a year after being attacked by arsonists.The Manton centre re-opened its doors last Friday for a...
View ArticleChildren’s hospice boost
WORKSOP College household manager Colin Pauk presented a cheque for £800 to Emma Vizor of Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.Each year non-teaching staff at the college choose a local charity which they...
View ArticleA real eye opener into life sleeping on streets
It was when I snuggled down in my sleeping bag, with just a cardboard box saving me from the elements that it hit me.What thousands of young runaways have to go through just to survive is...
View ArticleMaltby awards presented
Local dignitaries and residents attended a service to celebrate the town of Maltby recently.Around 120 people packed into St Bartholomew’s Church for the area’s fifith annual civic...
View ArticleCyclists must keep bright
CYCLISTS in Rotherham will be able to collect free hi-visibility vests from council run libraries.The South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership is urging pedestrians and cyclists to be bright and make...
View ArticleRotherham speed cameras: w/c 29th October
There will be two mobile speed cameras in the area next week.The mobile safety cameras units will on Lakeland Drive, Anston, and on the A631 Bawtry Road/Rotherham Road, Hellaby and Maltby.They will be...
View ArticleLaunch for poppy appeal
THE Mayor of Rotherham will launch the annual British Legion Poppy Appeal in the town next week.Coun Dave Pickering will start the appeal, organised by the Rotherham, Rawmarsh and Parkgate Branch of...
View ArticleFather attacked former partner
A JEALOUS Hodthorpe dad attacked his ex-partner after accusing her of cheating on him, a court heard.Lorna Dodman, who has a child from a nine-month relationship with Darrel Glassey, told police he...
View ArticleNo excuse for trouble
While Halloween and Bonfire Night take up two days in our diaries, the shenanigans associated with the two events can stretch across a fortnight.For those of you who follow us on Twitter, this week the...
View ArticleTelling story of Rampton
THERE’s nothing more telling about how attitudes to mental illness have changed in the past 100 years than the name given to Rampton Hospital when it first opened in 1912.It was called Rampton Asylum...
View ArticleProtestors are costing you thousands
There is a battle with the European Union. They want a six per cent increase in their budgets, the Government wants a freeze. I want to see a cut in their budget. At a time when everyone is feeling the...
View ArticleFormer Worksop man recounts Superstorm Sandy terror
A former Worksop man caught up in the terror of Superstorm Sandy in New York has said some of the roads look like ‘war zones’.Former Valley pupil Phil Eyre said the superstorm hit his family hard on...
View ArticleRetford law firm receives quality mark
A RETFORD law firm has been given the mark of excellence for the home buying process.Atteys Solicitors has secured membership to the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme.Atteys underwent rigorous...
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