Rotherham Council

Left to right: Mark Pedelty, works manager, Henry Boot Construction, Adam Houlston, senior project manager, Henry Boot Construction, Lee Rowbotham, director, Demex, Councillor Robert Taylor, Cabinet Member for Transport, Jobs and the Local Economy, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.

Demolition begins on former Rotherham shops as part of major development

Jake Richards is the Labour MP for Rother Valley.

Prevent children in care being moved miles away from homes - Jake Richards

Watefront

Rother Valley Country Park: Work begins on new waterside cafe and events space

Fosters Garden Centre site

Grade II-listed barn on former garden centre site to be converted to townhouses

Fosters Garden Centre

Thrybergh: Homes to be built on former garden centre site despite objections

Laughton Road in Dinnington

Business owners fear £11m regeneration project will force them to close

Residents view the aftermath as flood waters begin to recede in the village of Catcliffe after Storm Babet flooded homes, business and roads on October 23, 2023 in Rotherham. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Environment Agency to review flood warning system for Yorkshire residents

Work is taking place to make Meadowhall Road and Meadowhall Way, Sheffield, safer and easier for pedestrians and cyclists to use, part of a scheme linking Rotherham with Meadowhall. Picture: Google Maps

Complaints over state of Rotherham-Sheffield cycle path

Tony Shaw, MD of Henry Boot Construction, Cllr Robert Taylor (RMBC), Adam Houlston, senior project manager at Henry Boot Construction, Carl Gelder, senior site supervisor at Henry Boot Construction and Ian Gresser, head of operations at Henry Boot Construction, joined members of the Rotherham Council team to mark the occasion.

Work underway on major £36m redevelopment of Rotherham Markets

Rotherham Kiln has been saved with funding from Historic England.

Rotherham Kiln saved by Historic England funding

McDonald’s has the go-ahead to build the new restaurant on land north of Campbell Way, close to the Outgang Lane/Common Road roundabout. Planning officers recommended that councillors refused the scheme as it would reduce the potential for any future development of the land, with ‘no significant benefit’..

Council approves plans for McDonalds restaurant to be built

McDonald's wants to open a new restaurant in Dinnington. Picture By Mark Robinson.

New McDonald's restaurant could be rejected - for creating wrong type of jobs

Killamarsh Lane, Woodall

Speed limit in Yorkshire village to be cut to 20mph

The creation of the cycle lane has gone £120,000 over budget

Yorkshire council take £120,000 from road budget to pay for 'useless' cycle lane

A Yorkshire council is set to take £120,000 from its highways maintenance budget to pay for a cycle lane which has gone over budget.

Danielle Andrews

Carlton Park Hotel in Rotherham

Mother ‘terrified’ for safety of family near hotel being used as ‘halfway house’

Work on the markets will be starting soon.

Rotherham Markets £36m redevelopment to move ahead as Henry Boot wins contract

Wentworth Woodhouse

RHS flower show to be hosted at Wentworth Woodhouse for the first time

Plans to convert detached house into children’s home approved

The site in Maltby will eventually have 400 homes

Yorkshire parish councils object to plans for 400 new homes

Dog rescue

Yorkshire animal rescue allowed to use Green Belt land for dog rehabilitation

Maltby Grammar School clock

Historic school clock chimes again after almost 15 years of silence

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard

Oliver Coppard on free children's beds scheme: 'We can make a difference'

The home

Almost 40 objections received over plans for children’s home

A cycle lane on Moor Road in Wath

Resident blasts 'useless' new cycle lanes in Yorkshire town

The flats facing safety changes

Seven blocks of Rotherham flats will get enhanced fire safety measures

Seven blocks of flats in Rotherham will be subject to enhanced fire safety measures as part of a new policy implemented in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy.

Danielle Andrews

Hull Trains service

Plan for 'faster' train from Sheffield to London announced

Forge Island in Rotherham aims to bring a much-needed family-friendly offer to the town as part of Rotherham Council’s regeneration vision for the town centre.

Build programme for new cinema and retail development enters final phase

Loui Goodinson (centre) with fellow creative producers Ryan Widdowson and James Poulton.

Yorkshire teen vows to have a career in film and TV - despite his stage fright

Planning documents state that the site is currently made up of disused allotments, woodland and a former sports field set between Maltby and the former Maltby Colliery.

Approval for Yorkshire housing development at ‘breaking point’

Flood waters begin to recede in the village of Catcliffe after Storm Babet flooded homes, business and roads on October 23, 2023 in Rotherham. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Flood-hit residents in Catcliffe receive almost £170,000 in council grants

Bradford Council is facing its own financial troubles relating to ballooning costs for children's services.

No solution to 'broken' children's services, MPs warned

Dennis And Trudy Gervis

Yorkshire flood victims says they feel like ‘sacrificial lambs’

Homes in Catcliffe were evacuated after Storm Babet caused severe flooding.

Environment Agency denies claims that villagers received no warning

Flooding in Catcliffe, Rotherham

Yorkshire residents affected by flooding could get £350 grant from council

Chris Lloyd, 55, and Sophie Skidmore, 31, stand outside their property. Residents of Catcliffe and Rotherham Council start the clean of their properties after the damage caused by Storm Babet, pictured in Catcliffe, South Yorks, Oct 24 2023.

Man who escaped Storm Babet on a raft says he had no idea his home would flood

Rotherham town centre.

Rotherham could get a new station and trains running to London within five years

Rotherham Station

Rotherham could get new tram-train railway station by 2028

Rotherham Town Hall

‘Unsafe’ Oak Trees Resource Centre in Rotherham to be demolished

‘Refreshing’ to see political rivals agree about ‘controversial’ application

Alexander Stafford Portrait

Controversial ‘major application’ for 200 homes approved despite objectors

Secrets of grand Georgian stables at Wentworth Woodhouse revealed

Proposed Waverley estate

Yorkshire coal mining site could be developed into new estate in Rotherham

Plans to build 217 new homes on Shrogswood Road, Broom, Rotherham, are to be debated.

More than 200 new houses could be built on farmland close to Yorkshire golf club

Cabinet officially approves £9m for Wath Library development

Cabinet officially approves £9m for Wath Library development in Rotherham

Cabinet decides to lower energy bills for more than a thousand properties in Rotherham

Thousands of Yorkshire households will have lower energy bills

Rotherham Town Hall

Yorkshire council lowers energy bills for more than 1,000 properties in its area

Women of the World Rotherham Festival 2023. Photo by Kyte Photography

Ad Feature Women of the World Festival wows with girl power

The decision was approved at a meeting at Rotherham Town Hall

‘Inappropriate’ solar farm on greenbelt land granted permission despite concerns

Council accused of deducting wage of cleaner sent to closed Yorkshire school in blizzard

Council accused of deducting wage of cleaner sent to closed school in blizzard

The Victorian building in Maltby

Developer plans to increase height of historic building to fit in more flats

Thrybergh, near Rotherham

Pigs on the loose who roamed Yorkshire village for a week left residents 'upset'

Oregano Pizza and Kebab shop in Rotherham

Takeaway fined after inspectors found ‘evidence of active cockroach infestation’

The building at 3-7 Corporation Street in Rotherham

Council to buy burnt-out nightclub and turn it into apartments and shops

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