In this week's Rotherham Advertiser

This week’s Advertiser features the inspiring story of the friends who saved a teammate’s life on the five-a-side pitch, shocking pictures of the car transporter fire which blocked the M1, a report on the Crown Court trial of an East Herringthorpe couple accused of murder and an exclusive report from behind the scenes at Rotherham’s Christmas pantomime.

You’ll also find photo specials on Maltby’s Christmas lights switch-on and Rotherham Minster’s Victorian Christmas Fair and reports and pictures from Rotherham United’s games against Carlisle United and Coventry City, plus Rotherham Titans match against Nottingham, as well as all the news.

HEADLINES

Rugby player’s £17k debt torment

Violent crime down by 31pc

Parking fines rake in £200k

M1 blocked by transporter inferno

Heart attack footballer saved by teammates

Advertiser readers’ £1,000 boost for memorial campaign

Sex abuser’s Rotherham link

Murder trial told of victim’s desperate 999 call

Fundraiser’s man mankini challenge

Maltby Christmas lights picture special

Behind the scenes panto report

Win £50 meal for four

Council crackdown on payday loans

Mixed reaction to Wickersley school plans