MAYOR OF PENISTONE RAFFLE 2015
MAYOR OF PENISTONE RAFFLE 2015 Please see attached the winning numbers and their prizes for the Major of Penistone Raffle 2015. The collection point is also given for each prize. Well done to the lucky winners.
Mi Card Price increase
The Mi Card scheme currently offers discounted bus travel to young people from five to 18 years old, if their journey starts and ends in Barnsley (or between Barnsley and other parts of South Yorkshire). The price for each journey will increase in price by 25%, from 40p to 50p from Sunday, 24 May.
Funeral for a dear friend
A quiet, reverent funeral service was held in St John's Church in Penistone at 10.30 am on Friday 15th May 2015 for Peter Johnson, beloved husband of Jay. In line with Jay's instructions, people didn't dress in black, but in less formal colours. Indeed, one of the coffin bearers wore a bright red T-shirt. Peter [...]
OVERNIGHT ROAD CLOSURES IN MAY: M1 JUNCTION 37
RESURFACING WORKS MEAN OVERNIGHT ROAD CLOSURES ON AND AROUND M1 JUNCTION 37 Essential works to Junction 37 of the M1 and adjacent roads will result in overnight road closures this month. Barnsley Council will install traffic signals on the roundabout at Junction 37, to improve capacity. They intend to resurface a short length of Dodworth Road; Whinby [...]
Local Election results for Penistone East and West and Town Council
Penistone East had three candidates vying for a seat. The results of the election were as follows: Paul Francis Hand-Davis*, Conservatives, 3,647 Kate Helen Raynor, Green Party, 949 Dave Webster, Labour, 1,952 CONSERVATIVE HOLD. Penistone West had five candidates contesting. The results of the election were: Wayne Robert Chadburn, A Voice For The Region (Yorkshire First), [...]
General Election Result: Penistone and Stocksbridge
Labour hold Labour have held on to Penistone and Stocksbridge in the General Election. The full results are below. Name: GORDAN Rosalyn Jane Party: Liberal Democrats Votes: 2957 Name: JACKSON Steven Party: The Conservative Party Candidate Votes: 12968 Name: PORTER Colin Party: English Democrats – “Putting England First!” Votes: 500 Name: SMITH Angela Party: Labour Party [...]
Hannah Hunt: first Scout in the UK to complete every badge possible!
Hannah Hunt aged 14, and a Scout at Penistone Scout group, has become the first scout in the UK to complete every badge in the scout section. Hannah has completed 82 activity badges and 9 challenge badges as well as the top award in the scout section, the Chief Scouts Gold Award. To complete all [...]
Let’s Talk Business Today at 10am
On this week's programme with Alan Coote: What do you do if your business hits a few financial bumps in the road that you hadn’t foreseen? We chat to a company helping businesses to bridge their cash flow problems when overdrafts aren’t an option. We are told that the UK is one of the best [...]
Housing: ‘We’re Barnsley’s cash cow’
Carol Bradbury reports from the March meeting of Penistone Town Council Penistone councillors claimed the town was just seen as a cash cow for Barnsley, with affordable homes being located in other areas, even though they were told Barnsley had agreed that Penistone needed 109 affordable homes. They said the town needed a mixture of [...]
Let’s Talk Business – Today at 11am
On this week's programme with Alan Coote: What do you do if your business hits a few financial bumps in the road that you hadn’t foreseen? We chat to a company helping businesses to bridge their cash flow problems when overdrafts aren’t an option. We are told that the UK is one of the best [...]