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Friend scheme for pensioners

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:02:43 +0000

A BEFRIENDING service to give elderly residents support has been launched in Doncaster.

Cemetery site vandals caught

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0000

A GROUP of boys are to help clean up a cemetery they damaged.

The cost of repairs to Doncaster’s crumbling roads is £135m

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000

DONCASTER would need £135 million to bring its crumbling roads up to “acceptable” standards - nearly double what the cash-strapped council is having to cut.

Residents anger against police helicopter cuts

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:53:38 +0000

THE police helicopter will soon take double the time to get to Doncaster if new plans are approved.

All shook up over Elvis item

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:47:38 +0000

ELVIS fan Pete Rodgers was all shook up when he checked through his collection of the superstar’s memorabilia.

Fast food chain evacuated after fire

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:44:34 +0000

KFC has had to be evacuated after an extractor hood caught fire.

Police appeal after head-on collision

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:56:36 +0000

Police are appealing for witnesses after two people were injured in a head-on collision on the A61 Sheffield Road, at Worsbrough Bridge, Barnsley, yesterday morning.

Out of date beer warning

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:51:41 +0000

Barnsley Council Regulatory Services believes that thousands of cans of beer and lager which have illegally had durability dates changed could be on sale in shops and off licences in the area.

Early morning arson attacks

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:33:35 +0000

FIREFIGHTERS were called to two deliberate fires around the Mexborough area in the early hours of this morning.

Benefit changes to bring child poverty to Don and Dearne?

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:23:23 +0000

CHILDREN will be plunged in to poverty when changes to Working Tax Credit come in to force in April, a charity has warned.

It could be you as borough named as a lotto win hotspot

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

DONCASTER is one of the luckiest places to live in the UK, National Lottery figures have revealed.

One Direction win best single at Brit Awards

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:30:00 +0000

DONCASTER boy band sensation Louis Tomlinson is top of the pops tonight after his band One Direction picked up a prestigious Brit Award.

BREAKING NEWS: 21-year-old prisoner on the run in Hatfield

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:23:28 +0000

A POLICE helicopter is currently scouring the Hatfield area in search of a 21-year-old who has absconded from a prison site.

Event returns

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:55:08 +0000

FAMILIES are being urged to get together for a unique stargazing event at a Dearne nature reserve.

BREAKING NEWS: Funeral delay for Casey-Lyanne Kearney’s family, as lawyers for murder accused demand second autopsy

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:08:45 +0000

THE funeral of murdered schoolgirl Casey-Lyanne Kearney cannot not take place until a second autopsy has been performed, an inquest heard.

Pair wanted over chip shop scrap

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:37:52 +0000

A 45-YEAR-OLD man has been left with two blood clots to the brain and bleeding on his spine after a fight broke out in a chip shop.

Electric vehicles on the agenda

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:17:28 +0000

COUNCILS from across Yorkshire are to meet in Rotherham to discuss how to increase use of electric powered vehicles.

Dog and man in 50s rescued from kitchen blaze

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:37 +0000

A MAN and a dog had to be evacuated from a house fire last night.

Newly-weds win the trip of a lifetime

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:37 +0000

A NEWLY-WED couple are counting down the hours to their all expenses paid “trip of a lifetime” honeymoon to the Caribbean this weekend.

Arsonists cause crags fire

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:57:15 +0000

ARSONISTS caused a fire which spread across Denaby Crags on Monday night.