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Fly tipper prosecuted

Dearne News
A Rotherham man has been given a suspended prison sentence for fly tipping as Rotherham Borough Council continues its fight against enviro-crime. Trevor John Jones of Ellesmere Terrace, Clifton, received a four month prison sentence suspended for 12 months and a 160 hour Unpaid Work Order after pleading guilty to four charges of dumping waste at various locations around the Rotherham area. Prosecutors for Rotherham Borough Council told Rotherham Magistrates on Wednesday (August 18) that the four offences were all carried out between March and December last year. Various bags of household waste, builders rubble and Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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Local sporting heroes warm up for big questions

Dearne News
Ever wondered what it's like to reach speeds of almost 100 mph on a bobsleigh? Or how an athlete stays in peak condition? Or marvelled at sports stars' mental toughness? Now an event taking place at Rotherham's Civic Theatre will give people the chance to ask local sporting heroes these questions and more. The Any Sporting Questions panel event, organised by Sheffield Hallam University, will give attendees the chance to put their questions to Olympic and Commonwealth medalist Peter Elliott, now the North Regional Director for the English Institute of Sport, World Champion Nicola Minichiello, part of Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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Ulley Country Park Reopened

Dearne News
The Mayor of Rotherham, Councillor Rose NcNeely, officially re-opened one of the borough's favourite parks last weekend At 1.30 pm on Sunday, August 29. She will cut a ribbon to signal that Ulley Country Park is open to visitors again - three years after the floods forced it closure. Following the successful completion of engineering works to restore the dam, water levels have now reached a safe height in the reservoir allowing public access once again to this popular spot once again. To celebrate this milestone, Rotherham Council's Green Spaces team will be Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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Pakistan Flood Appeal

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Rotherham Borough Council has launched a local appeal to help the catastrophic flood disaster in Pakistan. The authority will use its network of service centres and civic buildings to allow the public across the Borough to make financial donations geared to supporting the emergency relief work for what is threatening to become one of the biggest disasters in the world. It has been estimated that 20 million people have been left homeless and up to 3.5 million children are said to be at risk from waterborne-diseases, such as cholera and dysentery, in a flooded area the size of England. The instigators of the Rotherham Appeal, the Leader of the Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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Literary gem uncovered

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A letter signed by Jungle Book author Rudyard Kipling, has been discovered amongst the collections of Barnsley Archives and Local Studies. The typed letter dates back to 1912, five years after Kipling had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, and only three years before he lost his beloved only son John at the Battle of Loos. It was sent to the then Barnsley Librarian Frank J. Taylor who was writing a book about Yorkshire dialect, to which the celebrated author was making a contribution. It was only discovered when archive staff came to catalogue the surviving Frank Taylor papers in detail. The letter is Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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Roll up, roll up at Mowbray Gardens Library

Dearne News
Mowbray Gardens Library will be “clowning around” and letting visitors try out exciting new activities, including circus skills. The popular Herringthorpe Valley Road library, which recently celebrated its first birthday, is providing a day of activities on Tuesday 7 September as a way to try something new and an opportunity to come and see what the library has to offer. From 9am - 2pm, there will be something special to try your hand at. For those who have dreamed of learning how to juggle, spin a plate or have a go on a unicycle, then Swamp Circus will be on hand to make those dreams come true, by teaching basic circus skills. Entertainment will also be provided by Elaine Macpherson of Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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Wombwell open spaces improved

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Over £100,000 will be spent on improving public open spaces in Wombwell, following a decision made by Barnsley Council’s Cabinet members today (Wednesday 1 September). Members agreed that the following projects would be included in the council’s Capital Programme: A multi-use games area at Everill Gate recreation ground, an improved parking area at Wombwell cricket ground, improved play equipment at Summer Lane recreation ground, installation of lighting at Aldham House recreation ground. The schemes will be financed from the Section 106 money earmarked in lieu of the Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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Part of a national exhibition

Dearne News
One of Clifton Park Museum’s most well know pieces, “The Sentry”, is to go on loan to Museums Sheffield and Norwich Castle Museum to feature as part of a new exciting exhibition. The Sentry, a World War 1 bronze maquette by local sculptor Charles Sargent Jagger, will feature in the exhibition "Restless Times; Art in Britain 1914-45". The collection will use British art to explore the turbulent but creative years during wartime Britain by investigating the spirit of change, uncertainty and cultural exchanges during this period. The sculpture by Kilnhurst born Jagger will be in very good company as Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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