Celebrating 30 years of Rotherham u3a
If you want to stay active, keep learning and have fun in 2025, now is the perfect time to join Rotherham u3a. The member-led organisation has recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Since launching in August 1994, it has provided lifelong learning opportunities to scores of people in Rotherham after they’ve...
Beer my Valentine at CAMRA’s GBBF Winter
This Valentine’s, beer lovers can make it a hot date at Magna for the Great British Beer Festival Winter. If you were sad to see last orders called on the Rotherham Real Ale and Music Festival, don’t cry over spilt beer. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has relit the...
Two new Andy’s Man Club groups open in South Yorkshire
More men across South Yorkshire will be able to access free peer-led support thanks to the launch of two new Andy’s Man Club groups. A group at Kiveton Park’s Old Colliery Offices starts on Monday 13th January and another will open at Conisbrough Library two weeks later on the 27th....
A purrfect tribute to Charlie the Cat.
A woman with autism from Rotherham has published her debut children’s book and wants to inspire other neurodivergent young people to follow their aspirations. When Lisa Victoria, 32, wrote Charlie the Cat in 2021, she did so without publishing in mind. She had initially written it as a Christmas present...
Noble nod for South Yorkshire charities
Two South Yorkshire charities have been recognised by King Charles III for their commitment to their local community. Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes and Rotherham Families First both received the prestigious King’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award given to UK volunteer groups and is equivalent to the...
Return of the Rules Derby
The original football derby returns to Sheffield this January, 164 years since it first took place. Sheffield might have the Steel City Derby, contested by the Blades and the Owls. But it also lays claim to the world’s oldest derby: the Rules Derby played by the two oldest clubs, Sheffield...
World COPD Day 2024
Throughout the day, your lungs work on autopilot, taking around 25,000 breaths each day. But for the 1.4 million people in the UK who have the respiratory condition COPD, the simple act of breathing can be difficult and laboured. World COPD Day takes place on Wednesday 20th November and this...
Aroundtown Meets Kate Rusby
Christmas isn’t in full flight until Barnsley’s nightingale, Kate Rusby, starts her annual festive tour. Forget the defrosting diva, Miss Carey. With seven Christmas albums and an almost twenty-year tradition of a festive tour, it’s self-confessed holly head Kate who’s the unofficial queen of Christmas. Folk royalty since the early...
Warren Vale Colliery Explosion – 150 years on
By Joshua Daniels A dense choking fog spread over Rawmarsh in November 1874. There had been a fatal explosion at Warren Vale Colliery, the second such incident since it was sunk in 1840. It was a Friday, 20th November, and families should have been looking forward to a weekend together....
Barnsley u3a fly the flag for gardening
Members of Barnsley u3a are proud to have helped restore the historic Union Jack Garden at Wentworth Castle Gardens in Stainborough. Over the last few years, the Bu3a gardeners group have worked with the National Trust team, who are custodians of the site, to overhaul a triangular section of the...
