- Slump sees 'lipstick effect' buying
- Orca legal bid 'a strategic error'
- Russia and China block Syria action
- Royals brave cold to attend service
- Greening to oppose rail bonuses
- Summit tackles 'whiplash epidemic'
- Bank set to put £50bn into economy
- Excess alcohol 'raises cancer risk'
- Falklands moves 'entirely routine'
- BAE to recruit 265 apprentices
- Tory MPs rebel against wind farms
- Miliband in call over NHS reforms
- Young 'lack attention for Dickens'
- Barton's Terry tweets under review
- Labour chiefs in Doughty tribute
- Man released in missing woman probe
- Man arrested over teacher murder
- CCTV shows man 'jump' from ship
- Police control rival demonstrations
- William begins Falklands RAF tour
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Free advice and health checks
JOB-HUNTERS can pick up advice - and get a health check - at a free event in Mexborough on Thursday, February 9.
Robber pic is released
POLICE are hunting a phone thief who terrorised his teen victim outside a pub in in Rawmarsh.
Youth jobs in crisis: MP
DEARNE MP Michael Dugher has warned the number of young people out of work in Barnsley is at “crisis” levels after new figures showed youth unemployment in the area has risen.
Brothers in court for Facebook harassment
TWO brothers have been punished for harassing the same woman.
Depressed gran found in canal
A GRANDMOTHER jumped into the canal on the eve of the anniversary of her husband’s death, an inquest heard.
Business
Humber gets £5.9m boost
THE Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) will receive almost £6m from the Government’s Growing Places Fund.
Apprentice week ready to roll
NATIONAL Apprenticeship Week will run from tomorrow through to Friday, February 10.
Apprentice star calls on businesses in Epworth to ‘Feel Good’
LEON Doyle, star of BBC1’s The Apprentice, is asking local businesses in Epworth to get behind Samaritans’ new workplace fundraising day, Feel Good Friday.
Woman wins top career award
KAREN Hopkins of Wroot recently won the Account Manager of the Year award at her employer’s – Sodexo, a leading provider of on-site service solutions – annual Star Awards for employees.
Set yourself aspirations
“WE HAVE left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done” (Book of Common Worship 1946).
Schools
Black and white day
COLOUR was strictly out for pupils of a Darfield school, when they staged a two-shade fundraiser.
Health
Nominations for stroke awards
THE Stroke Association is appealing for nominations across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire for the 20th annual Life After Stroke Awards (LASA).
Anthrax alert at Doncaster Royal Infirmary
MEDICAL staff at Doncaster Royal Infirmary were put on a full scale alert following an anthrax scare.
New disabled kids help group formed
An appeal to buy wheelchairs for two little Thurnscoe autistic twins was so successful, their parents have set up a weekly support and fortnightly playgroup for children with additional needs and disabilities.
Sickness bug is set to return to hospital wards
HOSPITAL chiefs are bracing themselves for further outbreaks of the winter vomiting bug that forced a number of wards to close.
Yorkshire & Humber news
Tanker strike suspended for talks
A planned strike by fuel tanker drivers in Yorkshire has been postponed to allow fresh talks in a bid to resolve a dispute over pay and conditions.
United stars turn teacher for a day
South Yorkshire school pupils learned lessons with a difference after Sheffield United players and coaches attended classes to raise awareness of job opportunities in sport - and encourage respect for others.
Future sports stars find new home
A Doncaster-based charity and educator has teamed up with an internationally renowned football academy to give budding sport stars a place to call home.
A 'weld' done for girl power
Two female Rotherham college students have shown true girl power in the world of welding by securing full-time jobs after their apprenticeships.
More Sheffielders taking the plunge
The number of people swimming in Sheffield is higher than the average attendances across the region and nationally, according to figures from national governing body, Sport England.
National news
Slump sees 'lipstick effect' buying
Tough economic conditions have triggered the "lipstick effect", with a rise in shoppers buying small beauty treats to cheer themselves up, retailers said.
Orca legal bid 'a strategic error'
A legal bid to free five orcas from captivity on the grounds they are enslaved in violation of the US constitution is a "strategic error", conservationists warned.
Russia and China block Syria action
Arab countries should push ahead with action to end the violence in Syria, William Hague urged, promising the backing of Western countries after Russia and China blocked United Nations support.
Royals brave cold to attend service
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh braved the cold and snow on Sunday to attend a church service on the eve of the monarch's Diamond Jubilee anniversary.
Greening to oppose rail bonuses
The Transport Secretary is to vote against bonuses for top Network Rail executives at the firm's AGM this week, she revealed.
Showbiz
Griffin O'Neal jailed over crash
The son of actor Ryan O'Neal has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for his involvement in a drug-fuelled, head-on car crash that injured another driver.
Rape trial shock for Corrie viewers
Viewers were left stunned tonight as they saw Coronation Street's scheming Frank Foster walk free from court after he was found not guilty of raping Carla Connor.
'Upbeat' Holden set for BGT return
Amanda Holden is expected to return to Britain's Got Talent next week.
Urban back on stage after surgery
Keith Urban has turned to the stage during The Grand Ole Opry on Friday night, his first public appearance since vocal surgery late last year.
Spector murder case: Mother settles
The mother of the actress Phil Spector was convicted of killing has settled her wrongful death suit against the Wall of Sound music producer, a lawyer said.
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