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× BARNSLEY youngsters have been advised to wear face coverings while in school classrooms or communal areas - despite national guidance no longer recommending them to do so. Following Monday’s relaxation of the coroanvirus restrictions, the country’s position on the use of face coverings in school and college changed in line with the move into step three of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown. Although this change means that face coverings are no longer recommended for pupils and students, health leaders are still able to offer their own local...

× BARNSLEY is not one of the areas currently battling rising cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus, health bosses in the town have confirmed. The latest rate of infection is 31.6 per 100,000 people - a dwindling figure which is ‘welcome’ news for the town’s director of public health, Julia Burrows. Ms Burrows also confirmed that the town is not one of 86 councils to have five or more confirmed cases of the virus’ so-called Indian variant - though she says ‘it’s more likely than not’ it will cause concern in Barnsley in the future. She...

ENFORCEMENT action will be taken against pub landlords if they fail to adhere to strict Covid guidelines in their beer gardens.Council bosses confirmed som...

× BARNSLEY Council’s nine highest-earning employees cost more than £1.1m in wages and pensions, new figures released this week have revealed. The Taxpayers’ Alliance’s ‘Town Hall Rich List’ identified Barnsley Council as having nine staff members breaching the £100,000-a-year bracket in 2019/20. Top earner was the now-retired executive director for people, Rachel Dickinson, whose total package of £164,000 included a salary of £143,000 and a £21,000 pension top-up. Chief executive Sarah Norman’s salary of £128,000 was also added to with ...

THE possibility of the new Covid strain already being present in Barnsley cannot be ruled out, health bosses have warned.A government update showed the det...