By on Tue 06 Oct 2009
VISITORS to Clifton Park are have been chuffed to find they can tour the recently revamped attraction on a little train.A road train known as Bessie has already proved a big hit with visitors to the 56 acre park—running between the car park, amusemen
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By on Tue 06 Oct 2009
POLICE in Rotherham have this week kicked-off a series of roadshows aimed at sharing new technology with the public.From November, 600 police officers in the town will be given a hand-held BlackBerry devices, which will allow them to access police records
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By on Tue 06 Oct 2009
CUSTOMERS fled as crowbar-wielding thugs burst into a Rotherham post office and demanded cash today.But the raiders fled empty-handed after quick-thinking staff at the post office in Bawtry Road, Wickersley, locked themselves behind a glass screen and call
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By on Tue 06 Oct 2009
THE empty seats at Maltby Town Council have now been filled after the votes were counted from last Thursday's by-election.Jon Carratt (The Labour Party) and David James Brennan (Independent Person) will fill the vacant positions left by Alex and Lynn Laird
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By on Tue 06 Oct 2009
A 79-year-old woman who was air-lifted to hospital after a collision involving a car is in a "stable" condition.Police closed Bawtry Road, Wickersley, at around 9.50am yesterday after the elderly pedestrian was struck by a car as it reversed
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By on Tue 06 Oct 2009
REVAMPED plans for two blocks of flats have been booted out by planners despite efforts to make them less of a blot on the landscape.Rotherham Borough Council has refused for a second time Wath Developments’ application to build 26 flats in two two-s
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By on Tue 06 Oct 2009
RONNIE Moore voiced his delight after scoring his first win on his return as Rotherham United manager on Saturday.The Millers twice came from behind to win 3-2 at Crewe with Kevin Ellison and Adam Le Fondre pulling the scores level before substitute Drewe
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By on Tue 06 Oct 2009
BUDDING poets are in with a chance of winning tickets to see the Millers in action this month.As part of a major fire safety initiative warning children of the dangers of fireworks, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue have teamed up with Rotherham Un
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By on Mon 05 Oct 2009
WOMEN from the Rotherham Fitness League are gearing up to celebrate the organisation's 75th anniversary.Formerly known as the Women's League of Health and Beauty, the group has been up and running since 1934 and has branches across the world.To mark the mi
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By on Mon 05 Oct 2009
A SPECIALIST unit set up to investigate rape and sexual assaults and give support to victims will "go live" in Rotherham next week.The dedicated centre, based at Maltby Police Station, is aimed at stream-lining the way that sexual offences are in
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By on Mon 05 Oct 2009
AN elderly woman was airlifted to hospital by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance after suffering life-threatening injuries in a car crash in Tickhill, Rotherham.The 72-year-old, from Maltby, was in the back of a silver Ford Focus which careered off the road and h
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By on Mon 05 Oct 2009
Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident on a notorious "death road" that left a man with serious injuries. The motorcyclist was injured after his bike left the road on the A57 Worksop Road, near Todwick, at 11.15am&n
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By on Fri 02 Oct 2009
AFTER Dracula was sexed-up into Van Helsing and The Mummy was rebooted by Brendan Fraser and co, Frankenstein must be due for an unwelcome remake. But for now, fans of creepy classics will have to settle for a retelling of Oscar Wilde's gothic parable Dori
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By on Fri 02 Oct 2009
OCTOBER Friday, October 2, Britcar 500 at Silverstone on the Grand Prix Circuit.Saturday /Sunday, October 3 /4, Donnington Park: Derby Phoenix Motorcycle Club races. Sunday, October 4, Championship Car Races. A round of the Bri
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By on Thu 01 Oct 2009
A BIRD expert appealed against a suspended prison sentence for illegally keeping some of the UK's rarest wild birds—and found himself locked up instead.Sean Fitzpatrick (42), a former chairman and an honorary life vice-president of the National Counc