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The once hustling, bustling Yorkshire town now 'dying a depressing death'
It has been named as one of the unhappiest places to live in the country
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M1 Rotherham RECAP: 'Police incident' closes motorway in early hours
The police are on scene as huge queues build on the major motorway
Haroon is welcomed as the new Mayor of Rotherham
THE 121st Mayor of Rotherham has been appointed – Cllr Haroon Rashid.
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THE ballot may be closed for the AJ Bell Great North Run 2026 – but a Rotherham based charity is offering five places for the world’s biggest half marathon.
Festival organisers pledge that event will return in the future after plug pulled this year
THE devastated organisers of a cancelled music festival have vowed that something good will rise out of the trauma.
Invite to Palace garden party was trip of a lifetime for Rotherham woman
LOOKING forward to her retirement at the end of this month, Julie Haywood certainly did not expect a right Royal crowning to her working life.
Demolition of former Rotherham town centre bar begins
Demolition work has started on the former Rhino building on Bridgegate in Rotherham town centre.
Delays expected as abnormal load travels along M1, M18 and M62
Motorists can expect delays as abnormal load travels along M1, M18 and M62
Out of the blue visit by heir hunters links man to relative he never knew
A VETERAN was surprised to be tracked down by heir hunters and told he was entitled to a share of the estate of a man he didn’t know.
Health trust's 'positive step' in national performance
A HEALTH trust has hailed moving up 15 places in the latest NHS league tables as a “positive step.”
Crowning glories continue for model George
A BEAUTY pageant finalist and dancer who battled bullying in his youth as well as mental health conditions is continuing to sashay through the year in winning style.
National first for health trust with NHS app milestone
ROTHERHAM has become England's first NHS trust to integrate patient initiated follow up appointments into the NHS app.
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Ambulance called to scene after crash near busy South Yorkshire roundabout
Emergency services sent to crash near roundabout
Jury to examine mental health of grandfather who died in prison after asylum seeker hotel riots
Peter Lynch died two months after he was jailed for his role in the Rotherham riots outside a hotel housing asylum seekers
Child threw stone at Yorkshire Air Ambulance helicopter, missing rotors by metres
The same child also ran directly underneath the helicopter as it was taking off
Man charged with murder of Garry Claydon almost one year on
Garry Claydon was found on Waddington Way in Parkgate, Rotherham, on June 1, 2025
'Heartbreaking decision' to pull plug on music festival as organiser issues stark warning
REYT FEST was due to take place in Rotherham in June
This week's District News from our correspondents across the Rotherham borough
This week's District News from our correspondents across the Rotherham borough:
This week's District News from our correspondents across the Rotherham borough
This week's District News from our correspondents across the Rotherham borough:
This week's District News from our correspondents across the Rotherham borough
This week's District News from our correspondents across the Rotherham borough: