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Hotel worker raped
David Ashforth was out on licence for serious sex offences against a young child when he subjected the 43-year-old victim to a horrific assault in the hotel where she worked.
The 44-year-old beast was caged for 15 years after Judge Alan Goldsack QC said that she would "never forget what
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Dolly party-on THE row over council chiefs' "junketing" deepened this week after it emerged that almost £300 of taxpayers' cash was used to entertain guests at a concert by country music icon Dolly Parton. The food and bar bill was clocked up at the Sheffield Arena by Rotherham Borough Council leader Roger Stone and 11 other guests as they met Nashville diva Dolly last March before watching her perfo
Warmer outside than in A FAMILY whose heating has been on the blink for years got some well-deserved warmth this week—soaking-up the sunshine as the problems with their clapped-out boiler rumbled on. The Hardy family, of Haythorne Way, Swinton, were enjoying the weather in their garden as the sun provided the warmth that their district central heating has repeatedly failed to offer. Dad of tw
Waste of time THE boss of the troubled firm spearheading Rotherham's recycling drive came up with a novel way of combating fresh complaints this week—blaming the sunny bank holiday weather. Greencycle hit the headlines earlier this year for its "unacceptable" service at the borough's four household waste recycling centres. And this week it was back in the spotlight amid
Hotel worker raped A HOTEL worker was brutally raped and sexually degraded after being held prisoner at knifepoint by a sex offender on parole from jail. David Ashforth was out on licence for serious sex offences against a young child when he subjected the 43-year-old victim to a horrific assault in the hotel where she worked. The 44-year-old beas
Remember him THE nephew of Arsenal legend Herbert Chapman is launching a campaign to put his uncle's achievements on the map in the Rotherham pit village where he was born and bred. There are two tributes to Herbert Chapman already in existence BUT both are in London. One is a blue plaque in Hendon where he lived before his sudden death age 55, and the other, a bronze bus
Couple banned from keeping animals TWO former breeders whose own dog had to be put down after a football-sized tumour was left untreated have been fined 650 and banned from keeping animals for five years. Bull mastiff Charlie was so ill he could not turn his face because of the large swelling on his right shoulder, which affected his face, front leg and chest. He was in pain when he walked, had a
Police officers could not face retirement A POLICE officer killed himself because he could not face retiring from the job he loved, an inquest heard. Custody Sergeant Colin Fells (51), died after inhaling butane gas at his home in Gallow Tree Road, Brecks, in January. His wife Lindsay said the father of two had become increasingly desponden
"We're left with £9 a month" A CONCERNED mother of two has told how the spiralling cost of living is beginning to cripple her family financially-with more misery on the way. Rianna and Robert Armitage are having to use their savings to pay for insurance and making every cutback they can to protect their children and keep their three-bedroom terraced cottage. They

Dolly party-on

THE row over council chiefs' "junketing" deepened this week after it emerged that almost £300 of taxpayers' cash was used to entertain guests at a concert by country music icon Dolly Parton.

The food and bar bill was clocked up at the Sheffield Arena by Rotherham Borough Council leader Roger Stone and 11 other guests as they met Nashville diva Dolly last March before watching her perfo