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Frail Rose Belk, 93, of South Yorkshire, died in agony after a fall when care staff failed to raise the alarm - despite her begging an emergency operator: 'Help me!'
BARNSLEY Council bosses have been contacted by the government in relation to a resettlement scheme which will this year rehome 5,000 Afghan nationals who a...
× MORE than a quarter of coronavirus deaths in Barnsley have been in the town’s care homes, the Chronicle can reveal. Almost 40 care homes have been affected with at least one coronavirus death. Latest data shows a total of 229 residents out of the 828 that have died across the borough have been in care settings - more than 27 per cent. The two worst-hit are both defined as ‘large’ in size - Mapplewell Manor and Highgrove in Stairfoot - both of which saw 20 residents die of Covid during the pandemic. Mapplewell Manor’s staff were the first in the...
× BARNSLEY’S councillors collectively pocketed almost £1m in the last year through annual allowances and expenses, figures obtained by the Chronicle revealed. There are 63 councillors, three in each ward, and each received a basic allowance of £11,620 in 2020/21 - a rise on last year’s £11,309 according to a report. However, it is only £645 more than they were paid a decade ago. Back then, in response to huge budget cuts from central government, councillors voted to cut their own pay by five per cent, and it didn’t increase at all until 2015/16...
HOARDS of travellers who set up camp on a field in Pogmoor have caused ‘chaos’ for local residents who have called for the caravans to be moved on before p...