Exciting times for Rossington.

Local councillor Barry Johnson's been speaking to Trax FM about new plans for homes on the former colliery.

UK coal are looking to build up to twelve hundred homes as the area's opened up with the construction of the FARRS link road.

People with learning disabilities in Bassetlaw are being invited to give their opinion on how their services are being run.

The Bassetlaw Commisioning Organisation are running a Big Health Day today in Worksop to allow issues to be aired and improvements sought.

Bosses at Doncaster Deaf Trust are waiting to hear if they've secured vital funding.

It needs several million pounds to help fund a redevelopment project.

Original plans have been scaled down due the recession.

Children in Bassetlaw will be able to learn a new musical instrument after funding from the UK Arts Council.

Pupils at selected schools across the region will recieve free or subsidised lessons into an instrument, or voice training if they wish to take part.

An operation to remove uninsured vehicles from the streets of Nottinghamshire is going from strength to strength

Almost 22 thousand have been seized in the last 7 years

Its all part of Operation Rustproof which focuses on vehicles which are unroadworthy, unlicensed and uninsured

Doncaster's leading the way when it comes to helping those who have suffered strokes

The borough's outreach team are bucking the national trend

In the last 12 months the service accepted 274 referrals, 74 percent of which were seen within 10 days

Please help us to help them.

Hope - the homeless charity in Worksop wants us to call them if we spot someone sleeping rough.

It wants to see if they can help them access vital support services.

Could you Foster a child or young person?

That's the question from Doncaster Council.

More carers are needed in the borough to ensure as many children can be matched with foster families.

Today marks the start of Fostering Fortnight

Doncaster's public sector workers are taking part in a pensions protest today.

Across the country thousands of people from three unions are taking industrial action over changes to their pensions.

Rallies are taking place across the country.

Dave Gibson represents the UCU union in Yorkshire and Humberside.

A woman accused of murdering a Rossington school girl is due in court today.

13 year old Casey Kearney was stabbed to death in Elmfield Park in Doncaster in February.

26 year old Hannah Bonser of St James Street is due before Sheffield Crown Court.

Anti social behaviours being targetted on the robin hood line.

East Midland trains has teamed up with the British transport police along the Nottingham to Worksop route.

A new code of conducts been launched reminding passengers how to behave - extra patrols will also be on the route.

More's being done to tackle the issue of fast food litter in Doncaster.

The borough's Neighbourhood Response Team has launched a week of action.

Its part of the Love Where You Live campaign.

Yorkshire Water has been told it won't need to cut down on it's leakages before 2015.

According to regulator Ofwat, 8 out of 21 water companies have been set targets of zero reductions of leaks over the next 2 years.

That's despite Yorkshire Water failing to meet its targets last year.