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Pupils celebrate A Levels results in Rotherham
Published on Thursday, 15th August 2019 in Council news newsThe wait is over for hundreds of pupils in Rotherham today who find out how they performed in their A levels, as schools top last year’s performances.
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Views sought over changes to A630 Parkway
Published on Wednesday, 14th August 2019 in Environment and waste newsResidents are being invited to view plans to improve the A630 Parkway, at a public engagement event to take place on Wednesday 21 August.
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Investment in the future
Published on Wednesday, 14th August 2019 in Community and living newsAn ambitious proposal to bring more events to Rotherham has been successful through funding from Arts Council England.
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Council leader backs calls for fairer public health funding
Published on Wednesday, 14th August 2019 in About the council newsRotherham Council’s Leader has joined forces with over a third of upper tier council leaders across England to back Cancer Research UK’s call for the new Government to increase public health funding.
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Rotherham Interchange refurbishment sees rise in customer satisfaction
Published on Monday, 12th August 2019 in Transport and streets newsRotherham Interchange customers have reported a rise in satisfaction rates, following the site’s £12million refurbishment scheme.
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Council says it with flowers for 40,000th subscriber to the brown bin scheme
Published on Monday, 12th August 2019 in Council news newsRotherham Council celebrated the 40,000th subscription to its garden waste service by presenting a rose bush to two of its youngest gardeners.
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A Beauty of a cast for the Rotherham Civic Theatre panto
Published on Wednesday, 7th August 2019 in Leisure and culture newsRotherham Civic Theatre is delighted to announce their full line-up for the magical family friendly pantomime Sleeping Beauty.
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Major works to upgrade College Road roundabout expected soon
Published on Wednesday, 31st July 2019 in About the council newsDrivers will need to be prepared for disruption before benefiting from the major changes taking place this summer at the College Road roundabout.
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Children get the composting bug
Published on Friday, 26th July 2019 in Environment and waste newsHundreds of school children across South Yorkshire have taken part in a competition to learn about and promote the benefits of composting.
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Ceremonial plaque on first council house installed
Published on Wednesday, 24th July 2019 in About the council newsCouncil leaders have unveiled a plaque to commemorate the first ever council home in the borough.
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Don’t lose your right to vote
Published on Tuesday, 23rd July 2019 in Council news newsResidents are being urged not to lose their right to vote as the annual electoral canvass begins.
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Public Consultation on Selective Licensing
Published on Tuesday, 23rd July 2019 in Community and living newsA public consultation is currently taking place on proposals to renew Selective Licensing in parts of the existing areas and to designate a new area in Little London in Maltby.
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Celebrations begin as Council marks 100 hundred years of council housing
Published on Tuesday, 23rd July 2019 in About the council newsThe Tenants’ Open Day, an annual event, this year became even more important as the Council marked one hundred years of council housing in the borough, and across the country.
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Work on Rotherham’s Waverley Junior Academy starts with official soil-cutting ceremony
Published on Monday, 22nd July 2019 in Education and learning newsWork to build Rotherham’s newest junior school is now officially underway after a soil-cutting ceremony took place in Waverley.
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Advice for residents as heatwave looms
Published on Monday, 22nd July 2019 in About the council newsRotherham residents are being urged to prepare for a heatwave which is due over the coming days, according to Met Office forecasts.
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Work starts on major speculative industrial development at former Colliery site
Published on Thursday, 18th July 2019 in Planning and development newsFurther work is being undertaken at the former Dinnington Colliery site in Rotherham as Trebor Developments starts on its major speculative industrial development.
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Rotherham launches Children's University
Published on Thursday, 18th July 2019 in Council news newsThe South Yorkshire Children's University has achieved its first milestone with the official launch of the Rotherham Children's University.
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Rotherham Council’s response to the launch of SCR’s Integrated Rail Plan
Published on Thursday, 18th July 2019 in Transport and streets newsRotherham Council’s response to the launch of Sheffield City Region’s Integrated Rail Plan.
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Sports charity serves up free tennis sessions
Published on Thursday, 11th July 2019 in Leisure and culture newsWith the nation gripped by Wimbledon, national sports charity ‘Tennis For Free’ has served up an ace for Rotherham by investing in a programme of free tennis sessions at Clifton Park.
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New body set up to give allotment holders more say in running sites
Published on Wednesday, 10th July 2019 in Environment and waste newsAllotment holders will have more say in Council allotment sites as a new body is set up to oversee how they are run.
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Council’s Future High Streets Fund bid goes forward to next stage
Published on Tuesday, 9th July 2019 in Council news newsRotherham town centre has been shortlisted for part of a £675m fund designed to help communities reinvent their high streets.
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Children invited to join Space Chase at Rotherham Libraries
Published on Monday, 8th July 2019 in Leisure and culture newsRotherham Libraries are calling for children to sign up and read six books this summer as part of the 2019 Summer Reading Challenge.
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Council to consult residents on proposed changes to home care charging policy
Published on Friday, 5th July 2019 in Health and social care newsRotherham Council is asking residents to tell them what they think about proposed changes to how people are charged for adult social care services they receive at home.
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£1m road repairs for Aughton, Aston and Swallownest
Published on Friday, 5th July 2019 in Transport and streets newsResidents in Aston, Aughton and Swallownest are to benefit from major road repairs taking place this summer – including the main road between Swallownest and Aughton.
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Have your say on Rotherham’s 'Clean Air Zone' proposals
Published on Friday, 5th July 2019 in Environment and waste newsRotherham residents are being asked to give the Council their views on proposals to help improve air quality in the borough.
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Rotherham celebrates one hundred years of council housing
Published on Thursday, 4th July 2019 in About the council newsThis year Rotherham is celebrating 100 years of council housing with residents from across the borough.
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Women’s EURO 2021 Holds Host Venues’ Workshop
Published on Tuesday, 2nd July 2019 in Leisure and culture newsThe inaugural Women’s EURO 2021 host cities’ workshop has taken place in host country England.
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Public house makes way for social housing in Dinnington
Published on Friday, 28th June 2019 in Council news newsPeople on Rotherham’s Council Housing Register will be some of the first to benefit from a new housing development to be built on the site of the former Lordens Hotel in Dinnington.
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Young dancers can star in Sleeping Beauty pantomime
Published on Thursday, 27th June 2019 in Leisure and culture newsRotherham Civic Theatre will host open auditions on Sunday 1 September for young dancers to be part of their Junior Ensemble in this year’s magical family pantomime Sleeping Beauty.
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Benefits advice services set to work more closely to help more vulnerable residents
Published on Thursday, 27th June 2019 in Benefits and support newsKey welfare benefits advice services are set to work more closely together in order to provide a seamless service to meet the needs of some of Rotherham’s most vulnerable residents.
