Rotherham Society of Arts and Crafts celebrates a colourful centenary
Longevity is the defining characteristic of Rotherham Society of Arts and Crafts as it gets set to celebrate its centenary this autumn. Established at a time of innovation and expression in the Roaring Twenties, the society has been shaped by various art movements over the last hundred years, from Art...
Watch football for a Steel
As the 2022/23 football season kicks off, Stocksbridge Park Steels FC are hoping to fortify their position as South Yorkshire’s highest ranking non-league football team. Football is the national sport of our country, but the heart of the beautiful game exists beyond the 92 clubs in the EFL and Premier...
Aroundtown Meets Val Hoyle
Trundled in the back of her dad’s green transit van, a 12-year-old schoolgirl captained a bunch of her friends from Swinton to a game of five-a-side football at Rawmarsh baths. While that might sound commonplace by today’s standards of parents ferrying their kids around to after-school sports clubs, this was...
Penistone judoka selected for Commonwealth Games
Penistone’s Lachlan Moorhead has been chosen to represent his country at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham as one of 14 athletes that will make up the home nation’s Judo team. And he is looking to add a gold to his already expanding medal collection which includes bronze medals at...
Grassroots to Glory: the history of women’s football in Rotherham
Football fever is set to hit Rotherham this July as the town becomes one of the host venues for this year’s UEFA Women’s EURO tournament. To celebrate the occasion, a new temporary exhibition is on at Clifton Park Museum detailing the history of women’s football through the years. Grassroots to...
Help 4 Homeless Veterans opens new drop-in centre in Barnsley
Those of us who have not served in the armed forces will never fully understand the sacrifices made or the depth of scars faced by soldiers, sailors and airmen. But we can ensure that we never forget the service of our veterans and support them in their own time of...
You and your health: Why is my body attacking itself?
In the UK, there are four million people living with an autoimmune condition, whereby the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s healthy tissues. Normally, the immune system guards against germs such as bacteria and viruses. When it senses an invader, it sends out an army of fighter cells, aka the...
Legal Talk: Pushing the boundary on neighbour disputes
Everybody needs good neighbours… But sometimes there is little understanding and neighbours don’t in fact become good friends. When moving into a house, you can’t choose who lives next door. In most cases, neighbours get on like a house on fire. But when issues over boundaries ignite, bridges can be...