by Lawrence Juma | Oct 31, 2023 | Community, News, Top Story
Image: Daisy Young Daisy Young, aged just 14, suddenly died earlier this month after her family found her unresponsive in her room. Ahead of the Owl’s Sunday clash with Rotherham United, both football clubs paid a minute’s silence as a sign of respect as she...
by Shakthi Thyagarajan | Oct 10, 2023 | Crime, News
Image: Sammy Woodhouse Rotherham’s exclusion from the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund (RSASF) winners’ list has left Sammy Woodhouse, a survivor and advocate, deeply disheartened. The RSASF grant, worth £26 million, saw organisations nationwide striving...
by Hannah Auld | Dec 14, 2023 | Crime, Crime Top Story, News, Top Story, Uncategorised
Image: Screenshot between dealer and drug user Dealers are advertising illegal drugs such as cocaine, ketamine and ecstasy on social media platform ‘X’, a Rotherham Reveal investigation has found. A search on the site connects users to dealers advertising the hard...
by Lucy Hainsworth | Dec 13, 2023 | Crime, News, Top Story
Image: Natasha Talbot credit to South Yorkshire police A shoplifter who was banned from multiple shops has been jailed after committing six thefts in these shops after receiving her Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO). Natasha Talbot, 27, of no fixed abode, received a CBO...
by Lucy Hainsworth | Dec 8, 2023 | Crime, News, Top Story
Image: South Yorkshire police Four individuals have been arrested in an ongoing investigation into Modern Slavery in the Rotherham and Sheffield area. Officers executing warrants have arrested a 45-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman from the Dinnington area,...
by Shakthi Thyagarajan | Dec 8, 2023 | News, Top Story, Uncategorised
Image: Sprouts Supermarket A former employee of a Rotherham town centre supermarket has accused the business of paying her less than the National Minimum Wage, claiming a manager told her “this is the norm here”. The employee, who wished to be anonymous and will be...
by Lawrence Juma | Dec 6, 2023 | Community, News, Top Story
Image: Neighbourhood in Rotherham Households affected by the recent floods have been given an initial sum of £170k in grants by Rotherham City Council. The funds currently have been distributed to 167 households, providing £1,000 each. Karl Smalley, 51,...
by Lucy Hainsworth | Dec 5, 2023 | Court, Crime, News, Top Story
Image of Gary Foster from South Yorkshire Police A 61-year-old man, formerly of the Wingfield area of Rotherham, has been found guilty of five counts of sexual assault of a child. Sheffield Crown Court heard how Gary Foster repeatedly assaulted the victim, who was 15...
by Kusha Singh | Dec 4, 2023 | Community, News, Top Story
Image: Tiny Toes A Rotherham NHS charity is encouraging people to ‘unleash their inner elves’ for its latest fundraising event. Rotherham Hospital and Community Charity is hosting their annual ‘elf service’ week from next week. This fundraiser event will...
by Louise Armstrong | Dec 1, 2023 | Community, News, Top Story
Image: Dave Myers on top of a roof building A Rotherham urban explorer celebrates their first year of exploring deserted sites and building an online community through sharing their findings online. Dave Myers, who is also known as Rotherham Urbex with Dave, has been...
by Lawrence Juma | Nov 27, 2023 | Community, News, Top Story
Image: Sammy Woodhouse Sammy Woodhouse (pictured) has spoken in support of £170,000 of covid reserves from Rotherham Council going towards Rotherham Abuse counselling service. The decision that was made on Monday aims to address a cut in funding from the charity after...
by Kusha Singh | Nov 24, 2023 | Community
Image: Moon exhibition taken by Rotherham Reveal More than 4,000 people have visited the ‘moon replica’ art exhibition installed at the Rotherham Minster. Artist Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon is finally here in Rotherham, FLUX Rotherham and Rotherham Minster have...
