BARNSLEY South MP Stephanie Peacock visited a local primary school with England cricketer Tammy Beaumont to host a sports session pupils will never forget. Steph - who is also Minister for Sport - visited Mill Academy in Worsbrough with the Kent-born cricket superstar to host the session which is intended to give children the chance to experience cricket in their school with expert coaching, while growing a love for the sport and improving the mental...

Analysis of Barnsley's 3-1 home defeat in the EFL Trophy on Tuesday to Doncaster Rovers. BARNSLEY’S MOST POINTLESS EVER GAME? OF THE roughly 3,000 first team games staged at Oakwell since 1888, this must have been the most meaningless. A dead rubber in the final group fixture of a competition few supporters take interest in until the Wembley final is in sight, having suffered the humiliation of being knocked out with a game to...

A FOUNDING member of the Proud of Barnsley-nominated Barnsley Main Heritage Group who did everything he could to help out the community has died at the age of 74. Chris Sayer was known by many for his involvement in various community activities, spreading beyond Barnsley Main and into Rabbit Ings Country Park at Royston and even Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Living with his wife Diane in Royston, Chris was described as ‘a southern gentleman who loved...

Analysis from Barnsley's 2-0 win at Shrewsbury Town, with Jon Russell and Max Watters netting either side of half-time. REDS CRUISE TO WIN OVER STRUGGLING SHREWS THE TAMING of the Shrews is the obvious headline for this one-sided match while Barnsley goalkeeper Ben Killip could have read a chapter or two of the Shakespeare play during the game without imperilling his team. Shrewsbury were so shockingly bad that it is hard to assess how good...