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× PROPOSALS to build a pedestrian bridge costing up to £1.5m in order to connect a park which will be at the centre of a new one-way road system with nearby recreation grounds are set to be approved. Sheffield City Region awarded funding for the ‘active travel’ structure for pedestrians and cyclists over railway lines between Penny Pie Park and Pogmoor Recreation Ground. The contentious wider scheme, which resulted in Penny Pie Park being closed to the public more than a year ago, will see a multi-lane gyratory built to ease congestion between the t...

× ENVIRONMENTAL activists’ pleas for work to stop on a delivery giant’s £60m parcel hub after thousands of tons of coal was removed have been dismissed by Barnsley Council. Work has already started on delivery giant Hermes’ £60m project off Tankersley Lane in Hoyland, which is set to become Europe’s largest parcel distribution hub. Planning reports revealed the 46-hectare site had been the location of extensive opencast mining - which started in the 1940s - but campaigners urged the local authority to step in after HGVs were witnessed removing ...

× WATERLOGGED sites which have been formally adopted for future development by Barnsley Council must be revised after being hit by more flooding in recent weeks, campaigners have urged. Two sites on Darton Lane, Darton and Lee Lane, Royston have been swamped following prolonged spells of heavy rain and sub-zero temperatures, despite both being included in the council’s local plan development blueprint for future housing. The Darton Lane site, which is near the River Dearne, is the subject of a potential 73-home development, while Lee Lane one of the bi...

THE restoration of a historic Barnsley street identified as a key gateway into the town centre’s £200m Glass Works regeneration will be shaped...

× ELDERLY people struggling to heat their homes during cold spells of weather are now eligible to receive financial help but more must be done to tackle persistently high rates of deaths attributed to fuel poverty, according to leaders in the town. The government announced help for thousands of affected households between the S70 and S75 postcodes this week, following a prolonged period of sub-zero temperatures brought by Storm Christoph and Storm Darcy. The cold weather payment - also available to those on benefits - offers £25 for each seven-day period until March 31 and...