Reading Time: 3 minutes Land owners behind Farnley Country Park had offered to drop 90% of their housing demands to make the park a reality, the Examiner can reveal. A week on from the disap... Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute A DERELICT pub is to be turned into a new Co-op convenience store by the firm behind the town centre’s Gateway Plaza development, if plans submitted to Barnsley C... Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Rotherham council is to regain taxi licensing powers, ministers have announced, in the latest indication the Government is prepared to ease back on special measures i... Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes First West Yorkshire is calling for drivers across the region to apply for one of the 50 jobs currently available  125 drivers have been employed with the business fo... Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kirklees Council Cabinet members have agreed to a four year budget strategy to tackle reduced funding settlements up to 2020.  To qualify for the four year plan, they... Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes An email from Dan Jarvis MP, Barnsley Central.  Over the last year, Sustainability and Transformation Plans have been drawn up in dozens of local authorities by a ran... Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Cabinet members have agreed a new vision for culture in Kirklees, centred on three museum venues and a commitment to increase opportunities in community and business... Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hallowe’en isn’t just about witches and wizards – it is also the time of year for all sorts of creepy crawly creatures.  Youngsters have the chance to get up clos... Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes BT has condemned “excessive” new business rates, which it says will push up the cost of broadband services.  The charges start from 1 April 2017 and will... Read more