Back to TOP   Some Barnsley FC related stories coming out of the weekend Barnsley FC women won 16-0 at Kiveton Park reserves in the Sheffield Senior Cup It is thought to be their biggest ever win There was a six-division difference between the Reds who play in the fourth tier in England and train regularly at Oakwell and their hosts who are in Division Four of the Sheffield and Hallamshire League Lissa Woodhouse and Louise Biggins scored hat-tricks with head coach Jess Horsley – who made a rare appearance but took herself off on 32 minutes – netting twice along with Jodie Gregory Ruby Jex-Oldfield and Melissa Turton-Burrell The other scorers were Victoria Chincharo and Alayna Millard Horsley said: “We didn’t want to put much out on social media or make a big deal about it “Kiveton never stopped so credit to them For 22 minutes we couldn’t break through but “It was good to get 90 minutes because we haven’t played since before Christmas because of the weather.” Does Horsley think it’s right for the two sides to be in the same cup “The draw just gets made and Kiveton have entered their first team and reserves with the lower teams playing each other first in qualifying rounds “The standard jump between every league is massive in women’s football I can’t see how it is ever going to benefit anyone “The goalkeeper had to pick the ball out of the net 16 times but Darrell Clarke hopes ‘great lad’ Aiden Marsh proves during his loan at Raith Rovers that he can be a clinical finisher The 21-year-old striker Monk Bretton has come through the Barnsley academy and played 37 first team games But he has barely featured since October and now has joined the Scottish second tier side Raith until the end of the season He started in their 2-1 win at Falkirk in the Scottish Cup on Sunday Head coach Clarke said: “He needs games He’s been at the club a long time and needs competitive football He’s a great lad and his workrate is phenomenal Taking chances is the only thing missing from his game and you can only get that from playing men’s football.” Bayley McCann netted as Peterborough Sports won 3-1 at Buxton in the National League North McCann put the visitors 2-1 up late on with the second goal of his loan spell Goalkeeper Kieren Flavell played in Farsley Celtic’s 5-0 loss to Scarborough Farsley had just announced Reds legend Neil Redfearn as their new manager Kacper Łopatą started for Ross County as they lost 3-2 at home to Livingston in the Scottish Cup fourth round Jack Shepherd played in Bradford City’s 1-0 win at Carlisle United in League Two U21S VISIT EMLEY IN QUARTER-FINAL AFTER DRAW AT CREWE Barnsley under 21s drew 2-2 at Crewe Alexandra on Monday afternoon in the league and now are due to visit AFC Emley in the Sheffield Cup quarter-final on Wednesday Ziggy Kozluk converted from a Mworina Doro cross in the first half then Callum West fired home after the break when Crewe lost the ball But the hosts scored on 78 and 85 minutes to draw The Reds under 21s now visit Emley from 7.45pm having won at Athersley Rec and Shelley in the previous rounds Home > News > Police make two arrests as officers carry out raid on major chop shop in north of England An illegal ‘chop shop’ containing several stolen vehicles and parts has been closed down following a successful raid by police Two people have been arrested after officers busted the illegal operation at Kiveton Park Industrial Estate in Rotherham Investigators had been tracking a stolen Range Rover when they discovered the site and were able to obtain warrant to search the unit The operation led to a lorry full of high-end car parts being discovered and several vehicles stolen from across the country being recovered Photographs taken inside the compound show dozens of car doors lined up against each other as well as a number of vehicle registration plates Officers also discovered rows of car seats and body panels Both arrested suspects have now been released on bail pending further enquiries and police say they remain ‘committed’ to combatting vehicle theft of Rotherham South Neighbourhood Policing Team said: ‘This was a sophisticated operation with stolen vehicles parts and property from all over the country hidden inside the units ‘Following the warrants we have arrested two men who have been bailed pending further enquiries Results like this form part of the ongoing work to tackle organised criminality in Rotherham and South Yorkshire ‘We know the impact car theft can on have people which is why it is vital that we work with other police forces to trace stolen vehicles and dismantle these chop shops.’ several other pallets of suspected stolen goods were discovered at the Rotherham site These included several boxes of chocolate as well as computer printer toners Car Dealer recently reported how police in Norfolk closed down another illegal chop shop which was so large it took officers five days to fully dismantle the site A ‘chop shop’ is an operation which sees a number of vehicles  stolen and then dismantled In some cases the parts are also used to repair other stolen cars Last year, a man was jailed for over five years for his role in a similar operation in Burnley Jack joined the Car Dealer team in 2021 as a staff writer He previously worked as a national newspaper journalist for BNPS Press Agency He has provided news and motoring stories for a number of national publications including The Sun It appears the idea is to make them large enough to take the councils of the decision making process This is scary as it takes the soil 40years to become agricultural again after the 60 year tenure that’s 100 years where we can can’t produce local food and import it Solar may be an answer but not on these scales when there are big units and housing projects with nothing on the roof If people don't want them,do what the french would do.....a little bit of direct action,same goes for any development that local people don't want It's already sunny enough in Rotherham Why build on greenbelt land ...hidden agenda to add to it and extend these solar nightmares throughout our lovely green Spaces These greenbelt areas where put in place so people had somewhere to walk to.Some people don't have the luxury of money to spend on buses trains or even a car!Another way of controlling food production and gain more control over the public The waste fire at Kiveton Park Industrial Estate has now been extinguished On behalf of all the operational partners involved we thank local residents for their understanding while the work took place This has been a challenging and long-running incident and all partners remain committed to preventing future flare-ups The current site occupier and landowner have been made aware of the requirement for them to ensure waste is removed and safely We will continue to monitor the site while waste remains to ensure future activities comply with legislative requirements and any agreed action plans This content was last updated on January 24th Sign up for our bi-monthly newsletter to keep up to date with South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Whilst I understand we need to generate more energy within our own country isn't this solution just going to create another less productive farmland meaning we'll be more dependent on other countries for crops etc Passing one problem to Peter to keep Paul happy! I completely understand why farmers take up the offer of using their land like this it's long term annual cash for doing little work It's such a lazy solution.A couple of other notes the consultation for the Bramley/Wickersley area was held during the afternoon would a solar farm on the scale even be considered in the Cotswolds I highly doubt it!.There are plenty of rooftops where solar can be placed Like I said previously,get like the french demonstrate,get violent,get Mr Smashy out aka Hammers,only way you get anywhere is direct action,as said just like the French It will be down to Ed Milliband to either pass or refuse this scheme it won't matter how much Jake Richards protests When has the Labour party ever done anything half decent for Rotherham that hasn't ended up in disaster Given the sentiment and articulation I think Mr me has been hit on the head a few too many times with those hammers he's so passionate about it recently had a conservative MP and would have again if Reform hasn't split the vote as Jake only won by less than a 1000 votes.We talk about energy security but not food security Definately would contribute to elevating the already great risk of flooding in the areas around bramley and wickersly the run off of 100's of acres of previously porous and planted fields would be catastrophic probably leading to increased insurance costs I think jake needs to see the big picture of the impact this is not fair on the people living in this area I'm sure Jake will keep pegging away deedle eedle eedle um Ward Councillor for Wales Ward attended the Little Yorkshire in Kiveton for the arrival of a community fridge The community fridge is open to everyone in the community so that people can access fresh food that would otherwise have gone to waste with the Co-op donating surplus food from its stores for your hard work and the generous staff from Steelphalt who donated the new fridge and products Donating to the community fridge is a great way to help reduce food going into landfill which can be used by the local community.  More volunteers are needed if anyone has time to get involved. You can find out more and get involved by visiting the Kiveton & Wales Community Fridge on Facebook at: Kiveton & Wales Community Fridge | Kiveton Park | Facebook All content © 2025 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. All Rights Reserved. Hi, I'm Bailey, how can I help you today? You can ask me questions relating to a number of council services. A family left homeless by a huge fire on the UK's hottest ever day say they are struggling to secure new accommodation because the blaze destroyed most of their personal documents Paul and Lindsey Hughes lost virtually everything when a field fire spread to their property in Kiveton Park, near Rotherham, on 19 July. It was one of several wildfires that caused widespread devastation in South Yorkshire as temperatures hit 40C have been relying on friends and family for accommodation since And they say they are struggling to find somewhere to rent because the documents estate agents require to prove their identity were lost in the fire Mr Hughes said: "It's almost impossible to find a property – there's such a lack of housing – and the process then to get into a house is really difficult." Mrs Hughes added: "At a time when you are dealing with [the loss] the last thing you want is to be dealing with a lot of unnecessary red tape that is avoidable." The couple were at home when the fire took hold as wind fanned the flames and spread them to theirs and two neighbouring properties Mr Hughes said: "The heat was so intense and you could hear it roaring and at that point we had to leave and stand back and watch the house burn." Among the possessions they lost were irreplaceable photographs and baby scan pictures "They've all gone and you can't get those things back," Mr Hughes said Theirs was one of around ten properties destroyed in the fires in South Yorkshire as emergency services declared a major incident With the country in the grip of a new heatwave and a Met Office amber warning for extreme heat in force a fire break has now been built in the field adjoining the properties in Kiveton Park and the Hughes' house will be rebuilt Check if you already have access from your company or university With a MRW subscription you’ll get access to: Residents near Sheffield lost all their possessions when houses were ignited by wildfires on UK’s hottest day Paul and Lindsey Hughes still cannot believe that everything they owned in the world is gone were left homeless on the hottest day of the year by an enormous blaze that ripped through their home of 15 years And now we’re having to start again completely from scratch,” Paul said “It’s just hard to get across how our lives changed completely in under an hour.” Shortly after lunchtime on 19 July, smoke could be seen in the meadow next to three modern townhouses on Lambrell Avenue in Kiveton Park, near Sheffield This area had some of the highest temperatures in the country being only 50 miles north-west of Coningsby in Lincolnshire Paul and Lindsey began to hear a loud roaring sound and they went outside to see a “fireball” heading towards a nearby house The fire service later explained that the combination of the heat and the shape of the hill meant the fire was able to move incredibly quickly and to leap suddenly to ignite the houses Paul said: “When I saw it burning next door’s garage I went out to try to stop it burning his house with the expectation that the fire service has an 11-minute callout time local fire services were under such demand from multiple fires across the county – including one that razed six homes in Barnsley and another that destroyed four homes in Maltby near Rotherham – that it took nearly an hour for a fire engine to arrive Paul and Lyndsey Hughes’s destroyed kitchen Photograph: Gary Calton/The GuardianLindsey’s uncle Neil Mycroft who is now hosting the Hughes family with his wife Sue Everyone was stood around watching the whole thing go up in flames 15-year-old Jocelyn Lyttleton-Frances had been home alone She said: “I smelt something but I didn’t realise what was happening and then someone started frantically knocking on the door.” “but the house was filled with smoke already so we had to leave” By the time the first fire crews arrived on the scene there was nothing left of the Hughes’s home and very little was salvageable from the Lyttleton-Frances’s being inside the house throughout the fire managing to find shelter under a bed in the room that was the least badly damaged The families were left with nothing but the clothes they were wearing at the time and their phones and the insides of most rooms are now bare brick and completely unrecognisable the houses have reignited several times and though it was mild and drizzly on the Friday following the fire the families returned – in borrowed clothes and shoes – to find fire crews putting out smoking embers They are not alone in their ordeal. Dozens of families across the country are finding themselves caught up in the same process after last week’s heatwave and fire services are warning that with climate change and budget cuts the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union said: “We have warned of the growing threat for years but our concerns have fallen on deaf ears The brutal truth is that government ministers and chief fire officers have ignored the warning signs A Home Office spokesperson denied services had been cut and said each fire service was responsible for planning its own risks The Hughes family did not blame anyone for what happened but encouraged politicians to see the human side of such events “It’s almost seen as an acceptable loss,” Paul said “so perhaps that’s why it doesn’t seem to be on anyone’s agenda.” Anna Czajka with Paul and Lyndsey Hughes in her cafe Photograph: Gary Calton/The GuardianIn a nearby cafe named Resti owned by Paul and Lindsey’s friends Anna and Hubert Czajka who looked after the family in the aftermath of the fire they talked about beginning to pick up the pieces of their lives It could take two years before their homes are rebuilt and both the Lyttleton-Frances family and the Hughes family are now looking for somewhere to rent in the meantime which is proving “impossible” in such a small village Paul said: “All the documents we need were in the house The Hugheses are trying not to be sentimental about their lost belongings but it hurts to think that there were irreplaceable items such as old family photographs especially of their parents who have passed away and items from when the children were babies that they will never see again a woman they did not know approached the family and handed over a bag of clothes and toys “That’s been happening a lot,” said Lindsey I can’t tell you how great people in the community have been Following the local elections in Rotherham on Thursday 6 May 2021 Councillors were elected to the Wales borough ward and parish councils within the borough ward boundary Dominic Beck and Marnie Havard were elected as ward members for Wales ward The full breakdown of results for Wales ward is on the Council website here. An election was held for the Wales ward of Wales Parish Council. Keith Bamford, Peter Blanksby, John Brabbs, Christine Carswell, David Carswell, Gill Shaw, Steven Webster and David Whiteman were elected. The full breakdown of results for Wales ward of Wales Parish can be found on the Council website here. There were also uncontested elections for the Kiveton Park ward of Wales Parish Council and Harthill-with-Woodall Parish Council Paul Martin and Caz Ogden were elected to represent Kiveton Park ward of Wales Parish Council Joy Pattison and Elizabeth Simmonite were elected to Harthill-with-Woodall Parish Council All content © 2025 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council You can ask me questions relating to a number of council services Monday 14 November 2022 at 1:29pmFirefighters have been tackling the fire at Kiveton Park Industrial Estate since 21 September. Credit: Alexander Stafford/FacebookFirefighters say they do not know how much longer it will take to extinguish a fire at a recycling plant in South Yorkshire that has already been burning for almost eight weeks Around 200,000 tonnes of waste at the Kiveton Park Industrial Estate in Rotherham has been alight since 21 September but it has caused disruption for local residents and businesses and led to public meetings The Environment Agency (EA) has been on the scene for five weeks and says teams are facing a number of challenges including a "plastic crust" on the top of the waste which means water from fire hoses is not penetrating through the pile An excavator digger with a long reach was brought in at the start of November to help move large quantities of the waste Area environment manager Geoff Craig said: "We are very slowly taking smouldering waste from a big waste pile soaking it in water and moving it to elsewhere on the site to make sure it doesn't reignite "The challenges are around actually accessing the waste We have problems with wind direction and making sure that our operators on site are safe as well as tackling the fire." The sheer volume of waste packed into a small unstable building makes the fire a big challenge for fire and Environment Agency teams Geoff Craig from the Environment Agency says there are a number of challenges facing teams on the ground tackling the fire the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and South Yorkshire Police have also been involved in the response to the fire Mr Craig said: "We don't have a lot of space to operate on site so we are very limited by the amount of machinery and operatives we can have on site at any one time to operate safely." South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they are continuing to explore "all available options" to bring the incident to a close The fire service said the material that has been burning is made up mostly of baled waste and is stored at an illegal waste site The EA is exploring whether a prosecution could be brought The Environment Agency is monitoring the impact of the fire on air quality in the local community local MP Alexander Stafford said he had been told that particulate concentrations were low to learn that there have been elevated levels of particulate during downwind periods and I have sought further information from the EA and the UKHSA on what this means." Weekly weather forecasts are being provided in public updates to help people identify periods when their property may be downwind of the fire Residents are being told their risk decreases the further they are from the source of the fire avoid the area if possible and seek medical advice or call NHS 111 if they have symptoms linked to smoke Mr Stafford said: "I appreciate that this is very concerning for local residents and I continue to work with all agencies to bring the situation under control safely." Residents say the fire is having a big impact on day-to-day life Cheryl Barton said: "The fumes are so bad and every fibre of your body is telling you to get out Business has taken a hit at local pub The Station too Landlord Chris Bancroft said: "We've just come through Covid and we're starting to get going again and all of a sudden there's people not coming down here I know why - if you drive down here you can see why." Landlady Lindsey Garner added: "You've just got that smell Nobody wants to sit in that environment really." Two public meetings have been held in the local area to reassure people and give them the chance to question officials about the fire Residents are also encouraged to visit the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue website for the latest information on the incident Want a quick and expert briefing on the biggest news stories Listen to our latest podcasts to find out What You Need To Know