Dearne Valley

The Dearne Valley is an area of South Yorkshire, England, along the River Dearne.

Barnsley head coach Darrell Clarke, whose side host derby rivals Rotherham United in League One on Friday night. Picture: Tony Johnson.

Barnsley FC chief backing 'marmite' rival to ensure Millers come good
BARNSLEY head coach Darrell Clarke is backing ‘marmite’ Rotherham United rival Steve Evans to hoist the Millers firmly into League One promotion contention when...

Rotherham United manager Steve Evans. Picture: Tony Johnson.

Comment: Why Barnsley's derby with Millers is about more than bragging rights

Rebecca Sills filming at Old Moor nature reserve in the Dearne Valley.

Yorkshire film-maker Rebecca is going back to nature

Hundreds of young people gathered for the event

Hundreds of teens get inspired at free South Yorkshire festival

Barnsley defender Jamie McCart, who joined the club on a season-long long from Rotherham United at the end of the summer window.

Barnsley FC loanee addresses his future at Rotherham United

Calvin Eden and Oba Akinwale are the founders of Loud Speaker Easter Weekender

Friend of murdered stab victim inspired to host free festival for Yorkshire teen...

Goldthorpe Underpass

Dearne Valley bypass reopens after car arson causes structural damage

Robert Dyson House, the police training centre in the Dearne Valley.

Intelligence is important but so are people who interpret it - Dr Alan Billings

Chris Harrap, Head of Estates and Environment at Tyers Hall Farm, Jenny Palmer, Agricultural Officer at Don Catchment Rivers Trust and Ann Hanson, Farming and Wildlife Adviser at Yorkshire Farming and Wildlife Partnership.

Farmers left wondering what do about payment changes form cluster

Professor Steve Fothergill, from the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University.

Investment Zones are a new label but old concept - Steve Fothergill

The otters were caught on camera

Otters make home on Yorkshire moors

Dozens of geese were shot and killed in the cull

Geese slaughtered in 'shooting cull' due to concerns over wheat crops

The Horse and Groom

'Derelict and dilapidated' pub to be demolished as part of £23m project

The jet in the skies of Yorkshire. (Pic: @shellyhiorns362 on Twitter)

RAF Typhoon fighter jet scrambled to Yorkshire skies to intercept plane

The former colliery site is now part of the wetlands which have been designated SSI status

Nature reserve transformed an industrial wasteland into a wildlife haven

Paul Warne.

Rotherham United boss Paul Warne on 'brilliant' Barnsley FC

Capita call centre, on the Manvers Industrial Estate near Rotherham. Photo: JPI Media

Capita employee died from coronavirus just two weeks after 16 Yorkshire MPs dema...

Autumn fun: Kayd-Drew Stables gets to grips with a pumpkin lantern, with Coun Pauline Phillips and grandmother Susan Stables

Halloween fun for Dearne valley youngsters backed by council funding

Sheffield City Region mayor Dan Jarvis

HS2 parkway station in South Yorkshire set to be scrapped as mayor unveils "land...

Cadeby colliery from conisbrough castle c1970s.

Pit of tragedies

TAKE THE STRAIN: Paul Heckingbottom shows his concern during a home match against Middlesbrough last October. He later left to take over at rivals Leeds United.

Leon Wobschall: Barnsley pay ultimate price after failing to learn lessons
PRE-SEASON results only occasionally offer a glimpse into what is to come in the subsequent campaign.
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The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will visit traders at Halifax Borough Market
16th February 2017.

GALLERY: Prince Charles and Camilla visit Yorkshire

Crews are en route to a vehicle fire in Barnsley this morning.

UPDATED: Vehicle fire closes a stretch of the M1 in Barnsley this morning

Hat-trick star: Rotherham goal hero Jamie Proctor challenges Barnsley's Adam Jackso.

Rotherham United in fine shape as warning bells ring for Barnsley

HS2 should be stopped in its tracks, says Jayne Dowle. Do you agree?

Jayne Dowle: Why HS2 should be stopped in its tracks now '“ it's an indulgence

Weekend Walk: Hooton Pagnell

Hooton Pagnell

Bike Route: Heading south for bit of history

Bnaks like HSBC have been accused of betraying local communities.

John Healey: Time for new checks and balances over bank branch closures

Something for the Weekend: Avoiding FA Cup upset | Derby day in South Yorkshire

Talking points: Where the weekend went right and wrong for Yorkshire's clubs ...

Should the brakes be put on HS2?

YP Letters: Fears for Dearne Valley in slash and burn ahead of HS2

Stephen Miller is a community officer for the Dearne Valley Landscape Partnership.

My Yorkshire: Stephen Miller from the Dearne Valley Landscape Partnership on his...

EU funding has helped fuel the regeneration of Sheffield and South Yorkshire.

Andrew Vine: What the EU has done for Yorkshire
By staying in we can steer Brussels away from its worst excesses and back towards the good friend it has been in the past.
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Amy Oliver.

Road to Rio: Amy Oliver's aim true as she sets sights on Olympic glory

Sheffield Wednesday's players celebrate Fernando Forestieri's winner at Huddersfield Town. Picture: Steve Ellis.

SLIDESHOW - Five things we learned from Yorkshire's footballing weekend

'The Forgotten Potteries of the Dearne Valley' exhibition has opened at The Cooper Gallery in Barnsley. Barnsley Museums' Tracey Hebron with some of the contemporary pieces commisioned for the show. Pictures: Scott Merrylees

Ceremaics celebration of Dearne Valley's once thriving potteries industry

Damen Keddy (Barnsley Council's Public Rights of Way Officer) on the new raised footpath around the Wet Woodland area of Worborough Country Park near Barnsley. Picture Scott Merrylees

Dual purpose of new broadwalk at country park

Exhibitions officer Alison Morton with a ruby epergne. Picture: Scott Merrylees

In Barnsley, where there’s muck, there’s glass

Jobs scheme helps people into work in South Yorkshire’s coalfield communities

Lapwing numbers boosted by RSPB nature reserves

Boost in numbers of threatened lapwings at RSPB reserves

The RSPB's Old Moor nature reserve in the Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire. Pic: RSPB

Country & Coast: Birdwatching in the Dearne Valley

The Upper Nidderdale landscape

Landscapes to share £3m of lottery money

Author Richard Benson whose latest book The Valley is out now. Picture: Chris Floyd

Family history spanning a century

May 30th 1984. Pickets freezing in their tracks as police dogs and their handlers reinforce officers trying to stop a charge to the coke plant gates. on the ground, a policeman and a picket grapple.

The bitter battle that left country in turmoil

Lottery asked to support heritage partnership plan

Centre invests in new water sports facility

Ian McMillan: Stirred to action by the spell of porridge

Jobs boost at call centres and stores

Ian McMillan: The heat is on for a meltdown at the WI meeting

Investment schemes that could boost economy by £7bn on way

Clarity needed on jobs threat

O2 bids to allay axe fears over call centre jobs

Fears over leisure centres unfounded says mayor

French giant buys out Yorkshire call centre

Vital flood protection to go-ahead for homes in village

Top rehabilitation unit moves a step nearer

Work set to begin on new waste plant road

Yorkshire landscape projects  share £3m windfall

Lottery grant hope for valley plans

Ian McMillan: Groaning about the signs of middle age

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