by Isabella Massey | Oct 23, 2026 | Live News, News, News - Barnsley
Smoking rates in Barnsley have fallen to their lowest level on record, with more than nine in ten residents now choosing not to smoke, New data shows smoking prevalence in Barnsley has dropped from 12.5 per cent to 8.9 per cent over the last year, marking the largest...
by Connie Perkins | Oct 22, 2026 | Live News, Live News Top Story, News - Barnsley, News - Doncaster, News - Rotherham, News - Sheffield
South Yorkshire is set for a chilly Thursday with sunny spells before rain and strengthening winds arrive overnight. Most areas will stay dry throughout the day, with occasional sunshine and cloudier periods. However, the odd shower could develop, particularly across...
by Libby Mashedi | Oct 21, 2026 | Live News, News, News - Barnsley, News - Doncaster, News - Rotherham, News - Sheffield
Picture: Yorkshire Ambulance Service Yorkshire Ambulance Service Charity has funded Yorkshire Ambulance Service, providing female manikins during CPR training sessions. YAS said: “By introducing female manikins to our CPR training sessions, we aim to increase...
by Libby Mashedi | Oct 21, 2026 | Homepage Top Story, Live News, Live News Top Story, News, News - Barnsley, News - Top Story
Picture: We are Barnsley Barnsley council leader, Councillor William Brown, responded to six nurseries across the town that have voted to strike over ‘outsourced’ employment to private provider Limetree. Yesterday, the GMB union announced that workers planned to...
by Libby Mashedi | Oct 21, 2026 | Live News, News, News - Barnsley
Picture: Willmott Dixon The Seam, a major digital and tech campus in the town’s center, has been recently used as a case study in a new policy blueprint for national economic growth. The blueprint was launched at the Upstream London Network Economic Forum. It was...
by Libby Mashedi | Oct 21, 2026 | Homepage Top Story, Live News, Live News Top Story, News, News - Barnsley, News - Doncaster, News - Rotherham, News - Sheffield, News - Top Story
A recent report published on the management of Covid-19, found that the UK government did not provide enough protection to care homes during the early stages of the pandemic. Baroness Heather Hallet, Chair of the UK Covid-19 inquiry, published the sixth report out of...
