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PICTURES: Flooding reported around Rotherham

By David Parker on Thu 07 Nov 2019

A FLOOD warning has been issued for Whiston Brook after heavy overnight rain put parts of the borough under water.
$Campaigners’ fresh hope after Woodsetts fracking decision is delayed$
Campaigners’ fresh hope after Woodsetts fracking decision is delayed

By Gareth Dennison on Fri 26 Jul 2019

A DECISION on fracking firm Ineos’ planning appeal for drilling in Woodsetts has been delayed - until 2020.
PHOTO GALLERY: Letwell Street Fair

By Michael Upton on Fri 12 Jul 2019

LETWELL Street Fair returned last weekend with a flower festival, an art exhibition and the ever-popular snail racing.
$Campaigners' anger as Woodsetts fracking decision goes to secretary of state$
Campaigners' anger as Woodsetts fracking decision goes to secretary of state

By Gareth Dennison on Tue 09 Jul 2019

CAMPAIGNERS were enraged to learn local government secretary James Brokenshire decide Ineos’ Woodsetts drilling plan.
$Inquiry starts into fracking firm Ineos' Woodsetts plans$
Inquiry starts into fracking firm Ineos' Woodsetts plans

By Gareth Dennison on Tue 11 Jun 2019

ROUND three of Woodsetts’ battle against fracking firm Ineos got under way at a public inquiry in Rotherham this morning (Tuesday).
New Ineos team banner for Rotherham cycle racer Ben Swift

By Gareth Dennison on Wed 27 Mar 2019

ROTHERHAM cycle racer Ben Swift could soon be riding in the livery of chemical firm Ineos — the company which is planning to drill for shale on two sites in his home town.
$Councillors' objection withdrawal branded a 'betrayal' by fracking protesters$
Councillors' objection withdrawal branded a 'betrayal' by fracking protesters

By Gareth Dennison on Wed 27 Mar 2019

UNDETERRED fracking protesters vowed to fight on after councillors withdrew an objection to drilling in Woodsetts.
$'Don't drop drilling objection,' anti-fracking group urges Rotherham Council$
'Don't drop drilling objection,' anti-fracking group urges Rotherham Council

By Gareth Dennison on Tue 12 Mar 2019

COUNCILLORS who threw out a fracking firm’s drill plan will be asked by officers to withdraw their road safety objection.
Harthill Against Fracking's judicial review case dismissed

By Gareth Dennison on Tue 05 Feb 2019

HARTHILL Against Fracking’s judicial review against chemical company Ineos being allowed to drill in the village has failed.
Vehicle set alight in Woodsetts

By Gareth Dennison on Fri 11 Jan 2019

A VEHICLE was deliberately set alight at Woodsetts in the early hours of today (Friday).
Inquest into death of Woodsetts man opened

By David Parker on Mon 12 Nov 2018

AN INQUEST into the death of a Woodsetts man who went missing for more than a week has been opened.
Body found in search for missing man

By David Parker on Mon 05 Nov 2018

A BODY has been found in the search for a missing Woodsetts man.
Police concerned for missing Malcolm Green

By Dave Doyle on Wed 31 Oct 2018

POLICE are concerned for a 37-year-old man who has gone missing from Woodsetts.
$Protester's jail term 'will hit anti-fracking efforts in Rotherham'$
Protester's jail term 'will hit anti-fracking efforts in Rotherham'

By Gareth Dennison on Thu 27 Sep 2018

A SCIENTIST'S jail sentence for protesting fracking near Blackpool will be a loss to anti-drilling efforts in Harthill and Woodsetts, campaigners say.
Fracking firm's Woodsetts proposal rejected for second time

By Gareth Dennison on Fri 07 Sep 2018

ANTI-fracking campaigners have persuaded planners in Rotherham to block a drilling plan for the second time in six months.