A fire in Penistone which killed a man and his nine-year-old son and left another son fighting for his life was started deliberately, according to police. They named the man and boy who died following the house fire at a property at Tennyson Close on Wednesday as Darren Sykes, aged 44, and his son Paul [...]
Carol Bradbury reports from Penistone Town Council Local opinions are ignored by Barnsley planners, councillors claimed, declaring that localism was dead. The council was reviewing the latest draft Local Plan, which involves building 1400 houses in the town. Members said a large scale plan should be available for the public to scrutinise. They said [...]
An extra 1400 homes will be built in Penistone between now and 2033 if draft plans are approved by Barnsley Council and the government. But there will be no large-scale development in the next 20 years in villages such as Cawthorne, Thurlstone and Millhouse Green, under a Local Plan document due to be opened for [...]
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If your group is interested in developing a local growing project, it would be worth looking at the Grow Wild Initiative at growwilduk.com/community-project-funding. Grow Wild is awarding funding of £1,000 to £4,000 to community groups who want to bring people together to transform a communal space by sowing and growing UK native plants. This is [...]
Join 700 residents who’ve already given up their spare time to help put the love into where they live. Volunteers of all ages, from 2 to 92, have been busy transforming their local environment as part of the “Love Where You Live” campaign. The volunteers have given over 1800 hours of their time doing this. [...]
A plan to save money by getting volunteers to take on work in their area has been a great success, Penistone Area Council was told. The scheme, introduced by Barnsley Council last year, encourages organisations to apply for money in return for matching the value of the grant. And that is normally paid for in [...]
Penistone Town Council have, for the short term, revised their Office Opening Hours due to staff sickness. The PTC Offices will now be open between 9.00am and 1.00pm Monday - Friday. They hope to return to normal hours as soon as possible and apologise to all their customers for the inconvenience.
The Heritage Lottery fund is promoting their #YOUNG ROOTS programme across the UK. #YOUNGROOTS is a Heritage Lottery Fund programme giving away up to £50k to youth projects in YOUR area. Money is given to creative projects that explore their heritage. This is quite an opportunity for youth groups. The aim is to try to [...]
As promised, Penistone FM will be having an ‘Open Day’ when we invite you, our listeners, to come along and visit our studios, chat to a member of the Penistone FM team and tell us what you like, what you dislike and what you’d like to listen to in the future. The ‘Open Day’ will [...]