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MANICURED: Barrie and Elsie Clark’s garden in Hemingfield.

Retirement project is a real labour of love for Barrie

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Dads celebrate allotment success

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Hundreds employed in ‘green’ jobs

POOR BREEDING SEASON: Ground-nesting hen harriers.

Big setback for hen harrier population

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Waterway clean-up will be boost for wildlife

with Sharon Cooper, Brigitta Hibbert, Jennifer Hulme, Maggie Wood, Keith Pollard, cllr Nicola Sumner, cllr Martin O’ Donoghue and cllr Janine Moyes

‘Rat run’ petition brings speed measure success

BARNSLEY IN BLOOM: Mayor and Mayoress of Barnsley John and Doreen Clarke.

Barnsley in Bloom poster winners announced

WILDLIFE HAVEN: Emma Sedgwick in her garden

Emma’s walking in a wildlife wonderland

FIRE: Rabbit Ings was damaged following a blaze in 2022.

Heatwave prompts appeal to grassland visitors

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Tougher fly-tipping rules ‘a huge step forward’

BLAZE: The tyres which caught fire.

Couple sentenced over illegal waste sites

Pupils and parents preparing for the sponsored walk.

Community garden gets funding boost from pupils

Residents, their families, and staff from Deangate Care Home visiting Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

Wild day out for care home residents

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Visit Jack's little bit of perennial paradise

LONG GRASS: Dissapointed and frustrated at the councils plans not to cut grass has led coun Jake Lodge and football manager Mark Booth to demonstrate just how bad the problem is. Picture Shaun Colborn PD093270

‘Lazy’ workers slammed over grass-cutting stance

Pictured is project manager for Yorkshire Water Martin Inneson, and site manager from Sapphire Jason Clark. Picture Shaun Colborn PD093263

Investment to protect homes from flooding

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Air pollution ‘to blame for five per cent of deaths’

TOUGH ON TIPPERS: Barnsley council neighbourhood cctv vans are out on patrol aiming to catch fly tippers Mark Greasley,Sarah Blunkett, Kevin Jenkins and Liam Waker

£1,000 fines in tough fly-tipping crackdown

CLEAN UP: Members of staff from Lubrizol.

Scientists take to the great outdoors for river clean-up

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Multi-million pound scheme to reduce river pollution

WINNERS: The Penistone Young Farmers Club.

Young Farmers’ Club lands county title

ANNOYED: Couns Mandy Lowe-Flello and David Greenhough at the long-closed bridge.

Trans Pennine Trail bridge to remain closed for a year

RESTORATION: Volunteers at Dunford Bridge.

Record numbers working to restore Barnsley’s moorlands

FAMILY AFFAIR: Wendy has been cleaning up Carlton Cemetery for 25 years.

Mum spends quarter of a century tending to cemetery

The open day at Barnsley Main last Saturday.

Historic landmark shows off unique piece of jewellery

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Frustration grows as bridge remains shut

WENTWORTH GARDENS: 5th anniversary of the re-opening of Wentworth gardens. Picture Shaun Colborn PD093209

Listed gardens’ revival thanks to partnership

Ed Clancy and Mayor Mick Stowe with other councillors officially opening the new active travel route.

New active travel path officially opened

BRICK BY BRICK: Workers rebuilding the crumbling wall at Cannon Hall grounds. Picture Shaun Colborn PD093164

Endangered wall set for restoration thanks to funding

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£10m investment to clean up waterways

GONE: A hen harrier, which is no longer present in local countryside.

Pilot bird of prey project deemed a failure

ECO—CHURCH: Fthr Tim Stevens with members of the congregation who helped to reach a bronze eco award for All Saints church Darton. Picture Shaun Colborn PD093060

Churches earn eco-friendly awards

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Solar farm plan at food manufacturer site

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New-look plans inspired by Singapore gardens

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‘Considerable’ investment needed to protect homes from flooding

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New measures for safety hotspot

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Projects urged to apply for funding

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Solar farm plans ‘still very much active’

Tesco community champion presenting £370 to the volunteers at Barnsley Main Heritage Group.

Volunteers working hard to preserve mining heritage

Coun Kevin Osborne

Raw sewage pumped into Barnsley rivers ‘hundreds of times’

A TREE FOR EVERYONE: South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard has launched the new campaign.

Mayor makes ‘Tree for Everyone’ pledge

VISIT: Mayor Oliver Coppard at Goldthorpe Primary.

Olympian Ed drops in on trailblazing Barnsley pupils

JUDGING PANEL: Couns James Higginbottom and Mick Stowe alongside mayoress Elaine Stowe.

Winning youngsters help spread recycling message

Pupils at Wombwell Park on Tuesday.

School helps out with big Spring Clean

SUCCESS: Hazlehead’s three-turbine scheme.

Barnsley wind farm powers thousands of homes

Footpath Refurbished: Coun James Higginbotham at the site of the footpath which is set to be re laid. Picture Shaun Colborn PD092955

Developers’ cash to boost green spaces

TICKED OFF: Nick Tudor.

Nick takes bin woes to town hall

CONTESTED SITE: Campaigners say the planned development is too close to Billingley Ings.

Wildlife warning issued: ‘we can’t keep hoping for the best’