<![CDATA[Thorne and District Gazette - News]]> Feed http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/news Copyright 2012, Johnston Press Plc http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/news/ntdg_news_feed_1_42917 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:02:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 <![CDATA[Friend scheme for pensioners]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/friend_scheme_for_pensioners_1_4274289

A BEFRIENDING service to give elderly residents support has been launched in Doncaster.

]]> 1.4274289 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:02:43 +0000 <![CDATA[Cemetery site vandals caught]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/cemetery_site_vandals_caught_1_4273892

A GROUP of boys are to help clean up a cemetery they damaged.

]]> 1.4273892 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The cost of repairs to Doncaster’s crumbling roads is £135m]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/the_cost_of_repairs_to_doncaster_s_crumbling_roads_is_135m_1_4273957

DONCASTER would need £135 million to bring its crumbling roads up to “acceptable” standards - nearly double what the cash-strapped council is having to cut.

]]> 1.4273957 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Residents anger against police helicopter cuts]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/residents_anger_against_police_helicopter_cuts_1_4273952

THE police helicopter will soon take double the time to get to Doncaster if new plans are approved.

]]> 1.4273952 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:53:38 +0000 <![CDATA[All shook up over Elvis item]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/all_shook_up_over_elvis_item_1_4273933

ELVIS fan Pete Rodgers was all shook up when he checked through his collection of the superstar’s memorabilia.

]]> 1.4273933 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:47:38 +0000 <![CDATA[Fast food chain evacuated after fire]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/fast_food_chain_evacuated_after_fire_1_4273734

KFC has had to be evacuated after an extractor hood caught fire.

]]> 1.4273734 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:44:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Police appeal after head-on collision]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/police_appeal_after_head_on_collision_1_4273414

Police are appealing for witnesses after two people were injured in a head-on collision on the A61 Sheffield Road, at Worsbrough Bridge, Barnsley, yesterday morning.

]]> 1.4273414 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:56:36 +0000 <![CDATA[Early morning arson attacks]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/early_morning_arson_attacks_1_4271367

FIREFIGHTERS were called to two deliberate fires around the Mexborough area in the early hours of this morning.

]]> 1.4271367 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:33:35 +0000 <![CDATA[Benefit changes to bring child poverty to Don and Dearne?]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/benefit_changes_to_bring_child_poverty_to_don_and_dearne_1_4271338

CHILDREN will be plunged in to poverty when changes to Working Tax Credit come in to force in April, a charity has warned.

]]> 1.4271338 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:23:23 +0000 <![CDATA[It could be you as borough named as a lotto win hotspot]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/it_could_be_you_as_borough_named_as_a_lotto_win_hotspot_1_4270107

DONCASTER is one of the luckiest places to live in the UK, National Lottery figures have revealed.

]]> 1.4270107 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[One Direction win best single at Brit Awards]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/one_direction_win_best_single_at_brit_awards_1_4270242

DONCASTER boy band sensation Louis Tomlinson is top of the pops tonight after his band One Direction picked up a prestigious Brit Award.

]]> 1.4270242 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[BREAKING NEWS: 21-year-old prisoner on the run in Hatfield]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/breaking_news_21_year_old_prisoner_on_the_run_in_hatfield_1_4270236

A POLICE helicopter is currently scouring the Hatfield area in search of a 21-year-old who has absconded from a prison site.

]]> 1.4270236 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:23:28 +0000 <![CDATA[Event returns]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/event_returns_1_4266921

FAMILIES are being urged to get together for a unique stargazing event at a Dearne nature reserve.

]]> 1.4266921 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:55:08 +0000 <![CDATA[BREAKING NEWS: Funeral delay for Casey-Lyanne Kearney’s family, as lawyers for murder accused demand second autopsy]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/breaking_news_funeral_delay_for_casey_lyanne_kearney_s_family_as_lawyers_for_murder_accused_demand_second_autopsy_1_4269663

THE funeral of murdered schoolgirl Casey-Lyanne Kearney cannot not take place until a second autopsy has been performed, an inquest heard.

]]> 1.4269663 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:08:45 +0000 <![CDATA[Pair wanted over chip shop scrap]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/pair_wanted_over_chip_shop_scrap_1_4269569

A 45-YEAR-OLD man has been left with two blood clots to the brain and bleeding on his spine after a fight broke out in a chip shop.

]]> 1.4269569 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:37:52 +0000 <![CDATA[Electric vehicles on the agenda]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/electric_vehicles_on_the_agenda_1_4267917

COUNCILS from across Yorkshire are to meet in Rotherham to discuss how to increase use of electric powered vehicles.

]]> 1.4267917 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:17:28 +0000 <![CDATA[Dog and man in 50s rescued from kitchen blaze]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/dog_and_man_in_50s_rescued_from_kitchen_blaze_1_4267839

A MAN and a dog had to be evacuated from a house fire last night.

]]> 1.4267839 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:37 +0000 <![CDATA[Newly-weds win the trip of a lifetime]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/newly_weds_win_the_trip_of_a_lifetime_1_4267838

A NEWLY-WED couple are counting down the hours to their all expenses paid “trip of a lifetime” honeymoon to the Caribbean this weekend.

]]> 1.4267838 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:37 +0000 <![CDATA[Arsonists cause crags fire]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/arsonists_cause_crags_fire_1_4267826

ARSONISTS caused a fire which spread across Denaby Crags on Monday night.

]]> 1.4267826 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:57:15 +0000 <![CDATA[Blaze spreads to garage]]> http://www.thornegazette.co.uk/blaze_spreads_to_garage_1_4267805

PART of a garage was destroyed in Hickleton after a fire spread from an adjoining coal house.

]]> 1.4267805 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:52:15 +0000