Penistone and Stocksbridge MP Angela Smith has taken a threat to Millhouse Green Post Office to the House of Commons. She said postmistress Wendy Marsh had been told the post office was to be downgraded, [...]

Carol Bradbury reports from the January Penistone Town Council. A large delegation were at the meeting to protest about house building in the area, although councillors stressed that Penistone Town Council had no powers to [...]

Penistone Police Station is to remain open, Dr Alan Billings, the new South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, told members of Penistone Town Council. But all officers will be briefed in Barnsley as part of [...]

Back by popular demand, Les Young’s "Wall to Wall Blues" show will be re-starting the harmonica lessons on Monday 19th January 2015. The main instructor will be the amazing Bobby Joe Holman who will join [...]

Join Colin Geldard for the Hall of Fame Top 50 Countdown on Tuesday 23rd December at 8.00pm. He's been out on the streets of Penistone collecting your votes for just over 4 weeks; he's collected 1,784 votes. [...]

Carol Bradbury reports from Penistone Town Council meeting on December 15 2014. Penistone Councillors came face to face with managers from Barnsley Council as they continued to press for answers to what had happened to [...]

Greedy developers were forcing people out of the Penistone area by finding ways to ignore Barnsley Council’s policy on affordable housing, Penistone Area Councillors believe. Tory Leader John Wilson said the current system was “stacked [...]

A clean and tidy team, summer work experience courses for youngsters and additional activities for teenagers. These are some of the projects being considered by Penistone Area Council, which expects to have £300,000 to spend [...]

The deadline for comments on Barnsley’s draft Local Plan, which will determine development in the area for the next 20 years, has been extended by three weeks. The plan calls for 1,400 new homes in [...]

Carol Bradbury reports from Penistone Town Council Penistone Town Council is trying to track down £850,000 paid to Barnsley Council by developers of the Green Road housing scheme to provide a transport interchange at Penistone [...]