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MELT DOWN: Les and Sarah Green with Sue

School ice cream van ban thaws out

RESPECT: Barnsley residents paid their respect on D-Day. Picture: Finn Smith.

Barnsley remembers D-Day heroes

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Residents invited to have their say on town plans

REOPENING: Mayor of Barnsley Coun Mick Stowe opens the site.

Library reopens after renovation

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£300k investment to ‘stamp out town centre crime’

TOUGH STANCE: Coun Jake Lodge who has got funding for wardens to patrol illegsl psrking outside schools in Worsboro. Picture Shaun Colborn PD093165

Councillor welcomes move to tackle school parking problems

FIRE: Richard Woodruff whose own house nearly succumbed to the same fate as his neighbours house fire caused by possible electical overload in the attic. Picture Shaun Colborn PD093156

Quick-thinking dad saves son from blaze

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Talks underway for town to host big cycling stage

Coun Mick Stowe

Outgoing Mayor has enjoyed every minute

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Boundary change views ‘will be heard’

CAMPAIGN: Sharon Cooper, Brigitta Hibbert, Jennifer Hulme, Maggie Wood, Keith Pollard, Coun Nicola Summer, Coun Martin O’Donoghue and Coun Janine Moyes.

Increasing calls for ‘rat run’ to be made safer

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Call for PM to scrap ‘cruel and harmful’ policy

NEW MAYOR: Councillor John Clarke, who represents the Worsbrough ward, will be officially sworn in as Barnsley’s new mayor today. He will take over from Coun Mick Stowe following this morning’s full council meeting.

New Mayor ‘honoured and humbled’ to be appointed

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Push to fill empty town centre units

Work has started at Baurgh Green where a large roundabout is set to take shape over the coming months. Picture Shaun Colborn PD093078

Work begins on controversial MU1 scheme

FOUNTAIN OF GLASS: 11 years old Nertil Meci who cut his foot on Glass discarded at the Town Hall fountains. Picture Shaun Colborn PD093083

Discarded glass at fountains leaves youngster at A&E

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Council puts brake on taxi numbers despite ‘unmet demand’

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‘Going Dutch’ no longer an option at Town End

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Council officers ‘not at fault’ in landlord wrangle

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Resurfacing key routes set to be council priority

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New-look plans inspired by Singapore gardens

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Town hall ‘rich list’ is revealed

Youngsters gathered in the council chamber for their big meeting with the mayor.

Young voices heard at meeting with mayor

Tony Nuttall and George Arthur with deputy leader of Barnsley Council Caroline Makinson.

Letter demands vote on ceasefire

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New measures for safety hotspot

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Full list of local election candidates

RETIRING: Jeff Ennis. Picture Shaun Colborn PD093006

Jeff reflects on four decades in politics

FIFTY YEARS: Archivists Katy Best and David Blunden have celebrated the Metropolitan records for the last 50 years. Picture Shaun Colborn PD093046

Council marks fifty years with new exhibition

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Council reassures public over ‘substandard’ bridges

RETIREMENT: Coun John Wilson (centre) alongside his fellow Penistone East councillors Alex Burnett and Robert Barnard.

Councillor John retiring after two decades

MONEY WELL SPENT: Coun James Higginbottom, who’s praised the council’s £20m to boost roads’ surfaces. Picture: Shaun Colborn. PD092982

£20m investment has ‘fixed’ pothole problems, says council

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Barnsley’s council fleet could be veggie powered

Mayor Mick Stowe with Nigel Palmer, managing director for SCC Air Compressors UK.

German manufacturer opens UK base in Barnsley

Coun Trevor Cave

Recovery plan amid £16m overspend on kids in care

AGE FRIENDLY: The new scheme is set to support elderly residents.

Council aiming to make town ‘more age friendly’

JUDGING PANEL: Couns James Higginbottom and Mick Stowe alongside mayoress Elaine Stowe.

Winning youngsters help spread recycling message

LATEST ACCIDENT: A telegraph pole was the latest casualty at a accident blackspot in Mapplewell, calling for more traffic calming measures from Coun Dickie Denton. picture Shaun Colborn PD093007

Success for Barnsley road safety campaign

Coun Trevor Cave.

More Barnsley childcare places needed

NEW SIGNS: Coun James Higginbottom, at the cross roads in Wombwell, were new road signs are to be installed. Picture Shaun Colborn PD092982

New safety measures for busy junction

Sir Steve Houghton at the new bridge. Picture: Shaun Colborn. PD092737

Council seeks name suggestions for Barnsley’s new bridge

Footpath Refurbished: Coun James Higginbotham at the site of the footpath which is set to be re laid. Picture Shaun Colborn PD092955

Developers’ cash to boost green spaces

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Council warns ‘drastic measures’ may be required

TICKED OFF: Nick Tudor.

Nick takes bin woes to town hall

CAMPAIGN: The scheme was launched at Birkwood Primary School this week.

School helps launch new road safety bid

Soaring cost of sheltering homeless people

AFTERMATH: One of the telegraph poles which was knocked down last week.

Call for action over ‘race track’ fears

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Tenants promised multi-million pound improvement package

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Crackdown on council tax dodgers