South Yorkshire Police believes it is winning the fight against retail crime in Rotherham following a reduction in the number of offences.

Police are appealing for information after a road traffic collision left a man with serious injuries.

Authorities in South Yorkshire claim they are getting tough on child sexual exploitation – after being condemned for their ‘inexcusably slow’ realisation of the extent of the problem.

Dearne residents are being encouraged to support a funding bid to extend a railway in part of the area.

More than 400 cannabis plants have been recovered in Dearne during a month-long crackdown targeting cannabis cultivation.

Dearne Valley College staff and students visited Middlesbrough-based Teesside University to mark the start of a new partnership.

Dearne residents are being encouraged to get fit for charity by taking part in a bike challenge at Wath Leisure Centre.

Proud family and friends watched on as 26 new Army recruits swore allegiance to the Queen.

Thieves have targeted cars across the Dearne in a crime wave which is being probed by police.

Motorcyclists were firing on all cylinders for a fundraising event organised by a college attended by students from the Isle of Axholme.

Isle councillor John Briggs is urging residents to contact North Lincolnshire Museum with memorabilia or stories about World War One for an upcoming exhibition.

North Lincolnshire Council has started the procurement stage for a major 25-year contract to handle the Isle’s residual waste.

A car park attendant who has gone the extra mile to help patients and visitors to Montagu Hospital during building work has been named Star of the Month by health chiefs.

Public sector workers downed tools across the Dearne Valley as part of a wave of industrial action against Government changes to pay and conditions.

Illegal parking in a Dearne town is being targeted by police.

A new cycle storage facility has been unveiled at Wath C of E Primary School as part of a scheme to encourage more children to cycle to school.

A former Mexborough Grammar School pupil who went on to work in education across five decades has a royal appointment today.

Barnsley’s footballing heritage will be united for the first time when a new museum opens in the town on June 27.

Firefighters were called out after 20 tonnes of waste straw bales went up in flames in Garthorpe.

Firefighters were called out to Garthorpe after a large dog got its head stuck in a gate.