Jill Theobald

1 week ago | rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk | Jill Theobald

HEALTH bosses are encouraging people to ensure they know where to get health care and advice over the Easter bank holiday weekend. Some NHS services such as GP surgeries and pharmacies may be closed or running a reduced service. Selected pharmacies will be available for prescriptions, non-urgent medical advice, and treatment of common ailments. Chemists now offer the Pharmacy First scheme - supplying medication for seven common conditions without the need for a prescription or seeing a GP first.

1 week ago | rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk | Jill Theobald

A MARKET stall worker has thanked the “brilliant” community after she raised more than £1,000 by cutting her long hair off for charity in tribute to her beloved brother. Paula Roebuck dressed up as a mermaid before the big chop after opting to lose her long locks to raise money for Rotherham Hospice which looked after her brother Robin Wilkinson before his death from brain cancer aged just 50. Paula (56) said: “I've had long hair for years and it was nearly down to my bum.

1 week ago | rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk | Jill Theobald

A ROTHERHAM author who is also the quiz mistress at her local pub has set readers the ultimate question with her debut novel. Rather than a 'whodunnit', Kim Harwood, who hosts weekly themed music quizzes at The Roadhouse in Dinnington, has seen her crime thriller novel I Killed Lucy dubbed a 'who-didn’t-dunnit' after she came up with an “intriguing concept” for the book's premise.

1 week ago | rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk | Jill Theobald

FROM bingo to boxing and moustaches to music – the family of a young mum-of-one undergoing revolutionary medical treatment has thanked the “unbelievable” community for its support. Sophie White (23) – mum to two-year-old son Remi – was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2023 and underwent surgery twice as well as multiple rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, before further NHS surgery had to be ruled out earlier this year.

1 week ago | rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk | Jill Theobald

A PERFORMANCE group with an “amazingly supportive atmosphere” is currently preparing for its forthcoming showstopper at Rotherham Civic next month. South Yorkshire Performance Academy – which received rave reviews for previous sell-out shows Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2023) and last year's production of Grease – will be performing Our House: The Madness musical from Tuesday, May 20 until Saturday, May 24.