Josh Timlin

Barnsley

Deputy Editor at Barnsley Chronicle

Deputy editor at the Barnsley Chronicle newspaper. Contact me by emailing [email protected] or by calling 01226 734208.

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Pupils show their class at raising cash for charity

1 week ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Josh Timlin

A SCHOOL’s Herculean effort to raise cash for Sheffield Children’s Hospital has broken the £60,000 barrier after a near-decade fundraising campaign. Penistone Grammar School’s leaders and pupils came together last week to present a cheque to the hospital, which has benefited from school-wide charity activities. The funds were raised through a wide range of creative and community-driven initiatives including bake sales, Christmas fairs, fancy dress and non-uniform days, as well as sponsored runs.
Partnership aims to end wildfire woes

1 week ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Josh Timlin

COUNTRYSIDE charities have come together with fire bosses in a bid to reduce the likelihood of more moorland fires occurring as the warmer months set in - after a huge area was charred earlier this month. The RSPB, National Trust and the National Fire Chiefs Council are asking visitors to the countryside to help prevent wildfires. The recent warm and dry weather has increased the risk of fires being sparked, which can cause devastating impacts on people, wildlife and precious greenspaces.
Service tackling addiction in kids as young as 12

1 week ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Josh Timlin

A TOBACCO dependency service has been extended to cater for Barnsley children as young as TWELVE - after health bosses issued a warning over rising cases of hospital admissions. The decision has been taken to offer the service in order to protect children from the harms of tobacco which can occur through either smoking or exposure to second-hand smoke. About 400,000 11 to 15-year-olds in England have tried smoking at some point and about 100,000 smoke now.
Tippers should pay the price - MP

1 week ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Josh Timlin

RURAL Barnsley outposts which have been blighted by soaring amounts of dumped waste will receive better protection much to the delight of a local MP. Penistone and Stocksbridge MP, Marie Tidball, welcomed tough new measures to tackle record-breaking fly-tipping rates. The government have given new powers to Barnsley Council to empower them to seize and crush fly-tipping vehicles, use new technologies to identify fly-tipping vehicles, and imprison waste cowboys for up to five years in prison.
Calls for danger crossing to be closed for good

2 weeks ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Josh Timlin

CALLS have been made for a level crossing to be permanently closed after shocking instances of youngsters being caught dicing with death - just inches away from thundering trains - were revealed by concerned transport bosses.
Historians bid to trace family of NUM official

2 weeks ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Josh Timlin

A COUNCILLOR has teamed up with a group of historians in the hope of finding the relatives of a renowned Barnsley man. Herbert Smith, a former general secretary of the Mineworkers Federation of GB, died in 1938 at his desk in the NUM offices on Huddersfield Road. The service for his funeral was held at Pitt Street Methodist Church in Barnsley and his coffin was then processed to Castleford, with miners lining the roads. His obituary was extensively covered by the Chronicle on June 18, 1938.
£2m cash injection to improve bin collections

2 weeks ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Josh Timlin

AN immediate investment of more than £2m will be made in order to improve Barnsley’s waste collection service following months of complaints from residents and councillors. A report, which is expected to be signed off by ruling cabinet members on Wednesday, sets out what is being done to streamline the service as a knock-on impact of January’s snow which resulted in more than 100,000 bins being missed.
Plan paying off despite A&E pressures

2 weeks ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Josh Timlin

TWO-THIRDS of people who arrived at Barnsley Hospital’s accident and emergency last month were seen within the four-hour target. As part of a recovery plan, the health service extended its objective for 78 per cent of patients to be admitted, discharged or transferred within this time frame by next March. Recent NHS England figures show there were 8,914 visits to A and E in Barnsley in April and of them, 5,978 were seen within four hours - accounting for 67 per cent of arrivals.
New 24-hour helpline aims to tackle self-harm rise in youngsters

2 weeks ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Josh Timlin |Jack Tolson

A NEW round-the-clock helpline has been launched in Barnsley in an attempt to tackle regional-high rates of self-harm among youngsters. The town now has the highest number of emergency admissions for self-harm among children and young people in Yorkshire and the Humber, according to a council report which revealed the extent of the problem.
Steel plant’s future in jeopardy again

2 weeks ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Josh Timlin

A TROUBLED steel plant which employs dozens of Barnsley workers has had its future plunged into fresh doubt due to mounting debts just two years since it was given a new lease of life. Bosses at Liberty Speciality Steel which employs 1,500 people announced they would ‘quickly consider alternative options’ after withdrawing a recovery plan they had been working on for six months.