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CABINET members have approved plans to adopt a controversial masterplan which could see up to 1,500 homes built in the C... Local News News Barnsley South Yorkshire
A STATE-OF-THE-ART youth hub which will be co-funded by Barnsley Council and one of the town’s major employers - to the tune of more than £9m - will finall...
A NEW adventure trail is opening at Cannon Hall this weekend as one of the final features of the attraction’s £3.8m restoration project.The trail comes at...
A BARNSLEY Museums-led project has picked up a prestigious national award this week for its ‘creative community engagement’.The archaeology project dubbed...
× 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...