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Bookers Way in Dinnington

Cheerleading club which competes around the world plans new training centre
A cheerleading club which has competed on the world stage hopes to turn an empty industrial unit in Yorkshire into a new training centre, opening up places for ...

Trees on Herringthorpe Valley Road

‘They do listen’: Residents’ campaign saves ten mature trees

Resident’s body remained in his home for years

Council to review coroner's findings after man left dead at home

A historic former bank in Rotherham town centre with potential for conversion into apartments and commercial space is to go to auction next month with a guide price of £180,000-£200,000. (Photo supplied by BTG Eddisons Property Auctions)

Historic bank to go to auction for £180,000

Bassingthorpe Farm RMBC 2

Developers sounded out over plans for 2,000-home Rotherham community

Rotherham Council’s planning board approved retrospective plans for a property on Stafford Drive, Moorgate, following lengthy arguments over boundaries, privacy and alleged planning breaches.

Councillor: “Life’s too short” for bitter row over Rotherham house extension

Rotherham Council’s planning board approved plans to transform the former Green Dragon Inn on High Street, Kimberworth, on Thursday, September 17.

Long-shuttered Yorkshire pub to become restaurant and shop

The trees in Rotherham

Petition to save ‘iconic’ trees from axe gains hundreds of signatures

Record numbers quit smoking as expectant mothers offered £400 voucher incentive

Record numbers quit smoking in Rotherham

Dinnington Regeneration RMBC

Dinnington regeneration: Fresh delays hit £13.3m as contract re-tendered

Fly-tipping in Eastwood, Rotherham.

Residents fed up of fly-tipping, anti-social behaviour and rats plaguing suburb

Chesterfield Canal

Plans to create marina and restore locks on Yorkshire canal revealed

Yorkshire Water is reminding families, children and young people to stay safe around water as schools break up for the summer holidays and warmer weather continues across the region.

Council steps up swimming sessions as Yorkshire Water warns over river and reser...

Local campaigning group 'Rotherham Friends of Palestine' attended a recent full council meeting on 15/7/26, opposing the NHS Palantir contract. In the middle, is Coun Mick Bower and Coun Taiba Yasseen.

Rotherham campaigners calling for end of NHS-Palantir contract

Rotherham Town Hall. Courtesy of LDRS.

Council urged to improve water safety following South Yorkshire deaths

The site

Plans for glamping and festivals at Rotherham site face objections

Rotherham Council cabinet join at their meeting on 6/7/26. Courtesy of LDRS.

Plans for 16 new council homes scrapped by council

Rotherham Councillor Joshua Bacon (left) criticised the council's Safe Street Team as not value for money, as council leader Chris Read joined Overview and Scrutiny Management Board meeting 1/7/26.

Council leader faces criticism over Safe Street Team value for money

Ground is broken at the Templeborough Business Zone.

Work begins on £6m Templeborough Business Zone

Rotherham town hall

Council provides update on target for 1,000 council homes by summer 2027

Coun Linda Beresford attended a construction site as part of the plan for 31 new council homes in Eastwood, Rotherham, joined by developers G.S. Kelsey Construction Ltd. Courtesy of Rotherham Council.

Rotherham Council announces plans to build 31 new council homes
Rotherham Council has announced the construction of 31 new council homes in Eastwood, as part of its 1,000 new council home target.
Annaleece Longmore

Rotherham Town Hall

Rotherham schools could soon benefit from £4.1 million of funding

Rotherham Town Hall

Council behind on government target of 1,111 new homes a year in Rotherham

Rotherham Council’s cabinet has agreed an increase of almost seven per cent for Hackney Carriage fares.

Taxi 'licence shopping' undermines grooming gang safeguarding, MPs say

In Rotherham, 68% of homes increased in value between December 2024 and December 2025, according to the latest figures from Zoopla. That was the joint 3rd biggest percentage in Yorkshire. The latest ONS data shows the average house price in Rotherham is now £191,000, having increased by 4.9% in the year to October 2025.

Rotherham road closures and traffic restrictions planned

Rotherham Town Hall

Independent investigation into Wath library and market overspend has began

Digley Reservoir. Image: Yorkshire Water

Warning over open water swimming in Yorkshire heatwave

Riverside Gardens Small

Council agrees land swap with Royal Mail to unlock riverside plans

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Rotherham: Council moves to buy up town centre buildings for major revamp

Rawmarsh Housing Site

Rotherham: Plans for 228 affordable homes in Rawmarsh approved

Rawmarsh Housing Site

Plans for more than 200 homes in Yorkshire village despite wildlife concerns

Green Dragon Inn, Kimberworth

Plans submitted to turn former Yorkshire pub into restaurant and shop
Plans have been submitted to transform a former Kimberworth pub into a restaurant and convenience store.
Danielle Andrews

Plan for honey and beeswax processing building in Yorkshire green belt refused

Plan for honey and beeswax processing building in Yorkshire green belt refused

A6089 Packman Road, where traffic converges from five different directions close to Brampton Ellis Junior School.

'Utterly intolerable': Residents demand crossing at ‘frightening’ junction

Westgate in Rotherham

Council moves to buy mystery site in major town centre regeneration push

Liberty Steel, Rotherham

Liberty Steel: More than £4.2m in unpaid business rates owed by firm

Whitestone Solar Farm plans: Council raises concerns

Whitestone Solar Farm plans: Council raises concerns

Blackamoor Road

Hundreds back Yorkshire dog-walking paddock as councillors approve plans

Blackamoor Road

Yorkshire dog training site backed by hundreds as approval recommended

A bird flu control zone has been set up to the west of Thorne.

Cull at South Yorkshire farm as bird flu strikes

James Mitchinson - Skills Street

Rotherham: We need to talk about something happening right now

'STILL ON TRACK': The proposed new Rotherham Gateway station

Rotherham Gateway station plan 'can lift town's economy'

Skills Street, Rotherham: creative, immersive learning that connects imagination to possibility.

Rotherham: something is happening you might have missed

The site

“War zone” derelict block on Rotherham estate to be demolished

Wickersley School

Residents object to ‘ugly’ school heating pipes

Bassingthorpe Farm Rmbc 2

Blueprint for ’21st century garden community’ given green light

Orgreave Truth and Justice campaigners after the inquiry announcement by Yvette Cooper.

Rotherham Council backs Orgreave inquiry after emotional debate

Painting flags on road markings could cost taxpayers £1,000 a time to remove, a Yorkshire council has warned.

England flags on roundabouts costs taxpayers £1,000 each, council warns

Chris Read, the leader of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Picture: Chris Etchells

Why Rotherham's recovery is only just beginning: Chris Read

Rotherham Council has been told to expect more houses to be built

Council told to plan for twice as many homes under new Government targets

Padel is one of the fastest growing sports in the world

Plans submitted to transform Yorkshire industrial unit into padel sports centre

Bramley Housing Nineteen47/ Hallam Land

Moor Lane: Plans submitted for 349 new homes on edge of Bramley

The Children's Capital of Culture trainee programme has been running since 2022. Trainees have gone on to secure roles at Netflix and Channel 4.

Children's Capital of Culture creates jobs for young people in Rotherham

Wilko at Cortonwood Shopping Park

Mystery remains over food retailer set to take over former Wilko store

File picture shows a household preparing for flooding in Rotherham, when the Rother was rising on a previous occasion. Photo: LDRS

Council approves land purchases to kickstart £15m flood defence schemes

Mecca Rotherham Credit Danielle Andrews

Council funds urgent works at Grade II-listed former cinema

Rotherham’s Markets: Losing market ‘not an option’ says council as costs rise to £40m

Rotherham’s Markets: Losing market ‘not an option’ says council

Flooding in Rotherham

Council to buy land for £15m flood defence projects

Michael Gove has said Rotherham Council sought to prevent publication of a 'tragic' story about the Rotherham grooming scandal. Picture: Lucy North/PA Wire

Gove: Rotherham Council sought to block 'tragic' grooming story

Kiveton Park Fire 2022.

Kiveton Park: Councillor urges action on waste sites after fires

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