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Grant scheme helps revitalise historic venue
A HISTORIC venue has upgraded its premises via a grant scheme which has been ring-fenced for rural businesses.
Cubley Hall, in Penistone, has refurbished and enhanced its events space, bar and seating area to attract more weddings, private functions and music events.
The cost of its £25,000 refurbishment has been half covered by a rural business grant, secured through the council’s Enterprising Barnsley programme.
All the work, carried out by local suppliers wherever possible, is.
Fining issue needs to be parked - fed-up residents
A BARNSLEY couple are now at their wits’ end after receiving three ‘threatening’ letters from a private car parking company demanding they pay a fine despite never even parking on their site.
Sharon and Gary Fletcher both live on Springfield Street, off Dodworth Road, and have been encountering issues in recent months due to ‘nonsense’ letters from firm Smart Parking Ltd.
Their street is a dead end, and so they have to conduct a three-point...
Eve honoured to take ‘story-telling champion’ crown
A BARNSLEY school pupil is celebrating this week after being crowned the ‘story-telling champion’ at a regional competition.
Eve Riches, a pupil at Bank End Primary Academy, won the overall winner’s prize at the annual Northern StorySLAM final.
Delivered by United Learning, StorySLAM is a poetry writing and performance competition for pupils in years five and six across the country.
Following on from the success of last year’s competition, 20 primary schools participat
Huge hike in council costs revealed in new report
THE stark cost of delivering day-to-day council services has rocketed by more than 50 per cent in the last three years, a shock report into cost pressures has revealed.
Between 2022/23 and this financial year, costs for providing statutory services - such as bin collections, street lighting, highways maintenance and non-academised schools - has climbed by £100m.
According to the report, which was discussed by Barnsley Council’s audit and governance committee on Wednesday, a number.
MP visits school as part of careers week
BARNSLEY North MP Dan Jarvis recently paid a special visit to a Mapplewell primary school.
Dan visited Wellgate Primary School as part of its careers week.
The week is dedicated to giving schoolchildren information and guidance on the future careers they could follow after education.
The school invited a range of speakers to give an assembly talk on their jobs, and children were able to ask questions about their roles.
Dan said: “It was a...
Barnsley MPs respond to pay rise news
BARNSLEY’S three MPs have responded to the news that they are set to receive a 2.8 per cent pay rise this year - taking their annual wages to almost £94,000.
The increase has been made following a review by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA).
The organisation launched a small-scale technical consultation with consultees and stakeholders in February and the board confirmed that MPs’ salaries will be uprated by 2.8 per cent earlier this month....
Youth Zone designs unveiled
IMAGES have been revealed of the designs for the new youth activity park in the town centre after planning permission was granted earlier this month.
Sitting adjacent to Base71, previously referred to as the ‘Youth Zone’, the site - on Schwabisch Gmund Way - will include a skate park suitable for all levels, a beginner-friendly bike track, new active travel routes and inclusive play spaces.
The project, supported by Sport England, is being co-designed in...
Scheme will help power the future of neighbourhoods
WITH a rise in use of electric vehicles and more and more solar panels being fitted to homes, energy suppliers are preparing to reinforce infrastructure in one community to avoid disaster.
One substation in Dodworth, located near the entrance to the Miners’ Association, feeds multiple tenanted and private homes - as well as small businesses - with electricity.
However, if the take up of EVs, solar panels, heat pumps or any other low-carbon technology is...
Dress donations sought by domestic abuse charity
A BARNSLEY charity dedicated to supporting women who experience domestic abuse is calling on local residents to donate evening dresses ahead of the prom season in a bid to support young girls across the town.
Resolute Women’s Support Service has its base at The Lotus Charity Shop on Regent Street South.
CEO and founder of the charity, Deborah Jones, has started the initiative which aims to support young girls who may be struggling with the...
Love letter to Barnsley delivered at premiere
A LOVE letter to Barnsley was premiered at the Parkway Cinema on Monday.
Sam Batley has created the film, The Town I Love So Well, in a bid to put the town and its people in the spotlight.
The documentary makes up part of Sam’s wider project, ‘A Barnsley Story’, which was commissioned and funded by Storying Barnsley, the council’s Cultural Development Fund programme to encourage and celebrate the creativity in the town.
More than...
Police bid to identify men as part of rape investigation
INVESTIGATORS have released an image of three men they would like to speak to in relation to an ongoing rape investigation in Barnsley.
The probe was originally launched by West Yorkshire Police after reports that five men and two teenage girls had travelled from Wakefield to a car park.
One of the girls was raped and the other sexually assaulted.
Following extensive enquiries, the investigation was transferred to South Yorkshire Police.
As part of the...
Homes plan refused at former factory site
PLANS to demolish a factory in Hemingfield and replace it with 17 new houses have been rejected by Barnsley Council.
An application for work to take place at the Wembley Works, on Hemingfield Road, were originally submitted to the council in March last year.
The plan included the demolition of an existing factory on the site, and the subsequent redevelopment of the site for residential use.
All three councillors in the area, Brenda Eastwood, James...
Cricket club celebrate after staving off risk of closure
A PROUD of Barnsley-nominated cricket club has escaped potential closure and gone on to win a South Yorkshire-wide competition.
Last year the Chronicle reported on the successes of Green Moor under-15 girls’ side, which was formed by dedicated players who helped reshape the previously mixed-gender team after it faced a series of struggles.
Following success in the West Yorkshire league, the team were hungry to carry on competing, so began playing indoor softball as a...
Soldier Tommy sets off on personal mission
A HEROIC soldier who is set to walk back to his home town from where he is currently posted in Belgium has vowed to raise cash for Barnsley Hospice for the care its staff gave to his late father.
Tommy Davies, 34, is a British Royal Engineer soldier from Barnsley and will embark on a 200-mile, week-long walk - which will begin in Mons before a ferry takes him from Rotterdam to Hull where the...
Modern logo to celebrate mill’s long history
A COLLEGE graphic design student is celebrating after his logo design to commemorate Worsbrough Mill’s 400-year anniversary was chosen to represent the landmark.
Worsbrough Mill, one of the oldest working mills in the UK, dates back to 1625 and is celebrating the momentous anniversary this year.
Graphic design students have been competing to design a logo that will be used in official marketing over the course of 2025, with 27 separate designs submitted.
A judging...
Hard-working team creates living fence with traditional skills
A DIVIDE which separates a main road from a sprawling public space has been targeted by a group of budding hedge layers.
Andrea Walker, Reece Milthorpe and Dan Perry, from the South Area Team, attended a hedge-laying course on the A635 Doncaster Road, Darfield, next to its boundary with the space known locally as Longbow Field.
Hedge-laying is a technique using live shrubs and trees to create a living fence.
Specialist Jasper Prachek guided the...
Glancing Back - March 1993
Chronicle chief reporter Jack Tolson takes a look back at what was making the news this month in 1993.
FIRMS GAIN ROYAL SEAL OF APPROVAL
THURNSCOE businesses got the Royal seal of approval this week after a visit from the Princess Royal.
The newly-wed Princess, wearing a long, dark tan military-style coat, red and brown patterned scarf and black suede boots, toured the Thurnscoe Managed Workshops on her trip to the area on Tuesday.
During...
Court date set for businessman over toxic dust complaints
A BUSINESSMAN whose company received a significant fine for failing to protect its workers from inhaling toxic dust is set to appear in court again - after an application to reopen the case due to an alleged breach of health and safety regulations was granted.
Warmsworth Stone Limited’s Thurnscoe site at Knabbs Hill Farm came under scrutiny from Health and Safety Executive inspectors, who issued a prohibition notice after they found exposure to a hazardous...
Base71 edging closer to opening
THE final phase of a multi-million pound youth centre build in the heart of the town centre has been approved - paving the way for its opening next year.
OnSide, the charity behind the newly-named Base71 on Schwabisch Gmund Way, was discussed by Barnsley Council’s planning board on Tuesday.
In recent months its main structure has taken form but the next stage - to create an outdoor activity park, a kids’ cycle route and a...
£3m of cannabis taken off the streets
A WEEK-LONG operation to clamp down on criminal gangs growing cannabis has seen more than £3m worth of drugs taken off the streets - including hundreds of thousands of pounds worth in Barnsley.
Operation Mile saw police forces across the country conduct search warrants in a bid to disrupt organised crime groups (OCGs).
Between February 17 and February 21, officers across South Yorkshire executed a total of 17 drug warrants.
This resulted in over 3,000...
