Plans have been put forward for up to 900 new homes on Handsworth Hall Farm, a site that lies within the designated green belt. Green belt land is protected from development by default, so proposals of this kind typically draw significant scrutiny, requiring planners and developers to justify why the housing need outweighs the loss…

Twenty-four architects and heritage specialists from across the Commonwealth are taking part in a three-week summer school to help restore part of Wentworth Woodhouse, a Grade II*-listed country house in Rotherham, learning traditional heritage craft skills in the process. Attendees from countries including Barbados, India, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago are working on the…

A fourth former South Yorkshire Police officer has been arrested by the National Crime Agency on suspicion of non-recent child exploitation and abuse, as part of an investigation into historical allegations against ex-officers in Rotherham. Ten victims have now come forward, and the case is significant given long-standing concerns about the force’s handling of the…

A three-year-old boy from Doncaster, James, dialled 999 after his mother, Georgia, collapsed at home while looking after him and his five-month-old sister. Georgia, 28, had been feeling unwell and fainted due to postural hypotension and dehydration; James had learned how to call 999 during a family visit to the National Emergency Services Museum in…

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