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SHREK GIVES AWAY HIS CINDERELLA by AMY PARKES WHILE some weddings attract celebrity A-listers like David Beckham and Elton John, it was Shrek, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty standing in the aisles at the fancy dress bash of the year.
UNITED IN GRIEF FOR 'GREAT ROLE MODEL' by AMY PARKES THE DEVASTATED family and friends of a teenager who died from a nut allergy were united in grief as they said goodbye to a young man who was much loved by many. Dexter Skinner
LEGEND REMEMBERED by AMY PARKES A FOOTBALLING legend who was born and bred in a Rotherham pit-village will now be officially remembered after a campaign by his nephew. Until now, K
SCHOOLS SHUT BY COUNCIL WORKERS' STRIKE by PHIL TURNER MORE than half of Rotherham's schools were closed and bins left unemptied as 5,000 Rotherham council workers went on strike this week. Local government workers in the Unison and Unite unions
NURSE DENIES MURDER by PHIL TURNER A NURSE accused of murdering an elderly woman at a Rotherham care home asked a rookie colleague to lie to avoid a police investigation, a court heard. Nchokhoa Thakane Mtetwa (61), made attemp
FINAL VERDICT by MICHELE VINCENT A CORONER who conducted thousands of inquests in South Yorkshire has stepped down after 18 years in the role. Stanley Hooper, whose official title was HM Coroner South Yorkshire
NICHOLA SHOWS SHE IS DOWN TO EARTH by CHERRY WILSON MODEL Nichola Rodgers has won a place in the national final of a beauty pageant aimed at raising awareness about the environment. Nichola will be representing her town in the Mis
BOOKS SERVICE GETS VOICE BACK by CHERRY WILSON A TALKING books service which had been silenced after council chiefs scrapped vital funding has been saved following a massive U-turn. The Rotherham Visually Impaired Group (RVIG
HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR COMES TO TOWN WITH THE ROSCARS by HOWARD POUCHER HOT ON the heels of visits by Dolly Parton and Jamie Oliver, Hollywood glamour came to Rotherham as the town hosted its own version of the Oscars—the Roscars. The glitte
GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME...ON HORSEBACK by HOWARD POUCHER WHEN IT comes to a head-turning arrival at church, stunning bride Hannah Smith was head and shoulders above the rest on her wedding day–looking as pretty as a picture on her horse.
TOWN'S COUNTRY PARKS PICK UP TOP AWARDS by HOWARD POUCHER TWO OF Rotherham's popular country parks are among 45 green spaces in Yorkshire and the Humber to pick up coveted Green Flag Awards, ranking them among the best in the country. T
MORE SHOCKS FOR LABOUR GROUP AS COUNCILLOR QUITS by HOWARD POUCHER ROTHERHAM council's under-fire Labour Group was rocked again this week by the shock resignation of Wickersley councillor Beryl Billington. It will force a by-election in the W
HIGHWAY ROBBERY by HOWARD POUCHER COUNCIL parking meters which do not offer change have been slammed as a penny pinching ploy by an angry councillor. The change munching machines mean that many drivers just acce
NURSING HOME A HAUNT FOR 'VAGABONDS' by CHERRY WILSON A FORMER nursing home which was wrecked in last summer's floods has become a dangerous doss house for a group of "vagabonds," frightened neighbours claim. Rockingham H

SHREK GIVES AWAY HIS CINDERELLA

by AMY PARKES

WHILE some weddings attract celebrity A-listers like David Beckham and Elton John, it was Shrek, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty standing in the aisles at the fancy dress bash of the year.

UNITED IN GRIEF FOR 'GREAT ROLE MODEL'

by AMY PARKES

THE DEVASTATED family and friends of a teenager who died from a nut allergy were united in grief as they said goodbye to a young man who was much loved by many.
Dexter Skinner

LEGEND REMEMBERED

by AMY PARKES

A FOOTBALLING legend who was born and bred in a Rotherham pit-village will now be officially remembered after a campaign by his nephew.
Until now, K

SCHOOLS SHUT BY COUNCIL WORKERS' STRIKE

by PHIL TURNER

MORE than half of Rotherham's schools were closed and bins left unemptied as 5,000 Rotherham council workers went on strike this week.
Local government workers in the Unison and Unite unions

NURSE DENIES MURDER

by PHIL TURNER

A NURSE accused of murdering an elderly woman at a Rotherham care home asked a rookie colleague to lie to avoid a police investigation, a court heard.
Nchokhoa Thakane Mtetwa (61), made attemp

FINAL VERDICT

by MICHELE VINCENT A CORONER who conducted thousands of inquests in South Yorkshire has stepped down after 18 years in the role.
Stanley Hooper, whose official title was HM Coroner South Yorkshire

NICHOLA SHOWS SHE IS DOWN TO EARTH

by CHERRY WILSON MODEL Nichola Rodgers has won a place in the national final of a beauty pageant aimed at raising awareness about the environment.
Nichola will be representing her town in the Mis

BOOKS SERVICE GETS VOICE BACK

by CHERRY WILSON

A TALKING books service which had been silenced after council chiefs scrapped vital funding has been saved following a massive U-turn.
The Rotherham Visually Impaired Group (RVIG

HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR COMES TO TOWN WITH THE ROSCARS

by HOWARD POUCHER

HOT ON the heels of visits by Dolly Parton and Jamie Oliver, Hollywood glamour came to Rotherham as the town hosted its own version of the Oscars—the Roscars.
The glitte

GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME...ON HORSEBACK

by HOWARD POUCHER

WHEN IT comes to a head-turning arrival at church, stunning bride Hannah Smith was head and shoulders above the rest on her wedding day–looking as pretty as a picture on her horse.

TOWN'S COUNTRY PARKS PICK UP TOP AWARDS

by HOWARD POUCHER

TWO OF Rotherham's popular country parks are among 45 green spaces in Yorkshire and the Humber to pick up coveted Green Flag Awards, ranking them among the best in the country.
T

MORE SHOCKS FOR LABOUR GROUP AS COUNCILLOR QUITS

by HOWARD POUCHER

ROTHERHAM council's under-fire Labour Group was rocked again this week by the shock resignation of Wickersley councillor Beryl Billington.
It will force a by-election in the W

HIGHWAY ROBBERY

by HOWARD POUCHER COUNCIL parking meters which do not offer change have been slammed as a penny pinching ploy by an angry councillor.
The change munching machines mean that many drivers just acce

NURSING HOME A HAUNT FOR 'VAGABONDS'

by CHERRY WILSON

A FORMER nursing home which was wrecked in last summer's floods has become a dangerous doss house for a group of "vagabonds," frightened neighbours claim.
Rockingham H