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Council to Take Action on Problematic Weeds
Published on Friday, 20th September 2019 in About the council newsRotherham Council is set to start work on extra weed clearances this week following feedback from the public.
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Rotherham’s winners are buzzing from garden competition awards success
Published on Friday, 20th September 2019 in Council news newsWinners of the Council’s annual garden competition for council tenants and leaseholders are buzzing with their success at a celebration event at Clifton Park Garden House.
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Campaign calls out sexual harassment in Rotherham
Published on Tuesday, 17th September 2019 in Council news newsA campaign to stamp out sexual harassment in South Yorkshire has come to Rotherham.
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Council staff donate after foodbank appeal
Published on Wednesday, 11th September 2019 in Council news newsBig hearted Rotherham Council staff have made personal donations of twelve boxes worth of items to the food bank based at The Hub Church in Canklow. The donations include tinned meat, dried pasta and
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Flytippers warned, "We're watching you" after recent prosecutions
Published on Wednesday, 11th September 2019 in Council news newsRotherham Council is warning potential fly tippers not to break the law after two recent convictions were secured using footage from CCTV, costing the offenders a total of £1,600.
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New energy scheme aims to save residents money
Published on Tuesday, 10th September 2019 in Environment and waste newsFrom February next year Rotherham residents will be eligible to take part in a scheme designed to help cut electricity bills, and help them to go green.
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New homes to provide for the cars of the future, under new plans
Published on Tuesday, 10th September 2019 in Planning and development newsEvery new home and workplace in the borough with space for parking could be required to provide electric vehicle charging points.
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Council to create over 100 new school places for children with special needs
Published on Tuesday, 10th September 2019 in Council news newsRotherham Council is set to invest a further £1.2 million in creating 111 new Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) places in local schools to help meet increasing demand.
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New £1 million hydrotherapy facility makes a splash with Newman School children
Published on Monday, 9th September 2019 in Children and families newsChildren from a Rotherham special school had an extra reason to look forward to returning to lessons after the summer break, as they got to make a splash in a new £1 million hydrotherapy pool complex.
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Major road improvements at Harthill
Published on Monday, 2nd September 2019 in Council news newsResidents and visitors to Harthill village are to benefit from major road repairs taking place this summer.
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Operation Stovewood: Council Leader responds to six further convictions
Published on Thursday, 29th August 2019 in Council news newsCommenting on the convictions of six men for child sexual abuse offences yesterday, as part of Operation Stovewood, Councillor Chris Read, Leader of Rotherham Council said:
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Don’t lose your right to vote
Published on Wednesday, 28th August 2019 in About the council newsRotherham Council is reminding residents who have received an electoral form recently to complete it promptly.
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Proud of Rotherham students GCSE success
Published on Thursday, 22nd August 2019 in Council news newsThe anxious wait is over for pupils in Rotherham today as thousands of young people receive their GCSE results.
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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.
