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HOARDS of travellers who set up camp on a field in Pogmoor have caused ‘chaos’ for local residents who have called for the caravans to be moved on before p.
A TEMPORARY secondary school will not be open in time for pupils to attend in September - despite leaders behind the scheme assuring parents it was on trac.
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ELDERLY people struggling to heat their homes during cold spells of weather are now eligible to receive financial help but more must be done to tackle persistently high rates of deaths attributed to fuel poverty, according to leaders in the town.
The government announced help for thousands of affected households between the S70 and S75 postcodes this week, following a prolonged period of sub-zero temperatures brought by Storm Christoph and Storm Darcy.
The cold weather payment - also available to those on benefits - offers £25 for each seven-day period until March 31 and comes just days after a row at last Thursday’s full council meeting over the amount of Barnsley residents struggling to cope with the cost of heating their homes during winter.
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THOUSANDS of tenants across the borough will pay more rent to Barnsley Council after a hike was agreed yesterday - just days after latest benefit claimant figures revealed another record-breaking spike across the borough.
The 1.5 per cent increase affects the almost 20,000 bedsits, flats, bungalows, maisonettes and houses managed on behalf of the local authority by Berneslai Homes.
Couns Hannah Kitching, Peter Fielding, Steve Hunt, David Greenhough, Jake Lodge, Andrew Gillis, Vicky Felton, Gill Carr, Phil Birkinshaw and Neil Wright voted against the council’s housing revenue account document - which features the rent rise and a host of investment promises - at the full council meeting before it was approved by a majority.