by PHIL TURNER

JAMIE Oliver is being billed as the man to save Rotherham's meals on wheels service.
Campaigners want the celebrity TV chef to be brought in to carry out an independent revi

by MICHAEL UPTON
WORK will finally start on ironing out the lumps and bumps in Rotherham's most notorious road in the next two weeks—but motorists can look forward to months of traffic torment.<

by MICHAEL UPTON
THE owners of one of Rotherham's few specialist music venues—Rudi's Blues Cafe—spoke this week of their disappointment at having to pull the plug after just 16 months.

by PHIL TURNER
A HAIRSPRAY cannister set fire to a Rotherham father after it exploded in a fireball and rocketed through the ceiling in a freak accident at a family's home.
Simon Elsey (40), of

by AMY PARKES
A CHILDREN'S charity is once again gearing up for its annual sleepout with a fun-packed launch this weekend.
The BIG Sleepout, organised by SAFE@Last

by AMY PARKES
A COSTLY and controversial year-long battle between a town council and its former clerk was finally resolved this week after an out-of-court settlement was agreed.
David Morton,

by AMY PARKES
A LONG-STANDING family business which has been up and running for more than 70 years will close its doors next month after becoming the latest victim of the credit crunch.
Madame

by AMY PARKES
THE Calendar Girls—famous for stripping to their smalls—made a welcome return to Rotherham last week to drum up more funds for their chosen charity.
The girls, who fa

by AMY PARKES
A CREATIVE curriculum filled with clubs and activities has helped one school achieve the prestigious Gold Artsmark Award.
Sitwell Infant School has been recognised for its excell

by TOM SHARPE
THE epidemic of inner city crime has spread to the countryside....after a thug threatened to stab a woman with a 12-inch knife during a raid at her stables.
Owner Liz Attwood dis

by TOM SHARPE
THE FOODIES came out in force to help create an allotment and spruce up gardens for patients at the Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice.
A 150-strong army of volunteers from KP Nuts

by CHERRY WILSON

CEMETERY bosses have apologised to a grieving couple after causing uproar by demanding that they remove tributes from their baby daughter's grave.
Glynn Connell and his wife

by HOWARD POUCHER

MORE THAN £77 million has been earmarked to wage war on waste in South Yorkshire and now a new website has been launched to keep people abreast of plans.
The cash wil

by HOWARD POUCHER
FROM Dunkirk to Tobruk, Alamein to Monte Cassino, Eddie McCoy was there, treating the wounded and comforting the dying.
The former South Yorkshire fire chief saw action with a fi

by HOWARD POUCHER

A BEHAVE-or-be-barred warning has gone out to town centre yobs who are proving a turn-off for visitors.
Many thousands of people visit the town centre every day, but a small

by HOWARD POUCHER
COUNCIL chiefs moved this week to put right Bramley’s one way wrong way traffic scheme–only to be hit by another blistering broadside from campaigners.
Rotherham Boro

by HOWARD POUCHER

BUSINESS chief Mike Smith is the latest to step down from a key role in the Rotherham and Barnsley Chamber of Commerce amid speculation that the organisation is wracked by in-fighting.

by HOWARD POUCHER

RULE-busting foreign anglers who fish Rotherham rivers to put food on the table could catch more than they bargained for.
Some angling experts fear that fish taken from the once heavily poll

by HOWARD POUCHER

COUNCIL chiefs  have fired off an alert to every school in town after an angry parent claimed a visit to a  “charismatic church” left their child “traumatised

by PHIL TURNER
IT MIGHT be hot but do not be tempted to cool off in the nearest lake, river or canal.
That is the warning from officers at Rotherham Borough Council who are concerned that, as t

by MICHAEL UPTON

ENERGETIC Wath residents are being invited to join local historian Alex Flemin

by AMY PARKES
DARE devils are being invited to one of Rotherham's country parks to take part in a range of exciting activities.
Thrybergh Country Park is set to host a fun-packed day of activi

by AMY PARKES

by PHIL TURNER
YOUNG people are being asked to brighten up the lives of the elderly in an art competition.
When Age Concern Rotherham re-opened its doors to day centre clients at the newly refu

by MICHELE VINCENT

A CHURCH is marking its 150th anniversary with a special Big Weekend of celebrations.
St Thomas' Church in Highthorn Road, Kilnhurst, first opened its doors in 1859, during

by MICHELE VINCENT
A CENTRE which provides support, advice and training is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
The United Multi-cultural Centre (UMCC), based at Carlisle Street in the town

by CIARA TRUDEAU
VISITORS will have the chance to stroll through some of the region's most beautiful gardens next weekend while supporting a worthy cause.
For a small fee the Open Garden Tr

by AMY PARKES
A NATURE reserve is seeking support from the public to help its bid to win a national lottery environment award.
The RSPB Old Moor Nature Reserve in Wath is going head-to-head wi

by AMY PARKES
A ROTHERHAM supply teacher has been elected as the new vice-chairman of the General Teaching Council for England.
Christine Green was first elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2008

by PHIL TURNER
UNDER-FIRE Denis MacShane has pledged to repay any council tax money he may have wrongly been paid.
The Rotherham MP admitted he may need to review council tax claims following a

by AMY PARKES
PAST and present servicemen and women have been formally recognised as the town stood united for the first ever national Armed Forces Day.
More than 200 former armed forces perso

by MICHAEL UPTON

DRUG cops this week hailed their greatest ever swoop after hitting the jackpot when they discovered cannabis worth up to £1 million following a lunch-time raid.
Ten o

by MICHAEL UPTON

ROTHERHAM was left reeling for the second time in five months with the news that more than 800 steel jobs are being axed.
The workforce at the town's two main plants will b

by TOM SHARPE
POLICE in the remote Scottish Islands of Orkney have confirmed that they are now treating their search for a former Rotherham man as a criminal enquiry.
South Yorkshire Police have been working a

by TOM SHARPE

VILLAGERS living in a community "under siege" have voiced their determination to overcome their problems in a bid to be crowned winners of Britain in Bloom.
A quie

by MICHAEL UPTON
TWO political stalwarts and a sporting hero were the toast of the town yesterday as they were made Freemen of the Borough.
Former MP Stan Crowther and long-serving Tory councillor Michael Clarke

by TOM SHARPE
ONE of the key figures in Rotherham and Barnsley's joint Chamber of Commerce has resigned from her post by handing a damning dossier of mismanagement and hidden agendas to the organisation's b

by AMY PARKES
TOP class teachers from across Rotherham made their pupils proud when they took home four gongs at the North of England Teaching Awards last week.
And for the third year running,

by AMY PARKES
ANGRY members of a school campaign group have handed over a petition slamming plans for the town's first academy claiming that the borough council is making a mistake.
Save Educa

by AMY PARKES
A SEA of blue and white moved through the midnight hours as hundreds of dedicated supporters took to the streets for the Rotherham Hospice's second annual memory walk.
Fans are u

by AMY PARKES
A ROTHERHAM children's charity is dusting off its walking boots in preparation for its first ever Steel City Midnight Walk.
The event, which is in aid of Bluebell Wood Children'

by AMY PARKES
A ROTHERHAM dentist under investigation following a probe into his practice has been suspended from work for 18 months by the General Dental Council.
Mohammed Siddiqui, who is ba

by LUKE HICKS
A POPULAR community centre was officially reopened this week after getting a facelift.
Residents came out in force to see 2010 Rotherham chief executive Kevin Lowry cut the red r