Great Houghton

He said: “It was a huge pleasure, causing me some emotion, to see groups of impoverished Outspan pupils wearing Great Houghton Prep School uniform and looking proud to do so. “It makes Great Houghton still seem alive and well in Uganda.” The defunct ...

SHOCKED staff at a village shop were threatened with a claw hammer during an armed robbery. Police are investigating the raid at the Co-operative store, in Rotherham Road, Great Houghton at 6.20pm on Monday. A spokeswoman said: “Staff reported two ...

At about 6.20pm on February 8, police were called to the Co-operative store on Rotherham Road, Great Houghton, Barnsley after two men entered the store and threatened staff with a claw hammer. Both men had their faces covered and were wearing ...

HE'S a real bright spark - that's Barnsley College electrical engineering apprentice Jake Bell who has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. Jake, 18, of Mileswood Close, Great Houghton, who is studying for a level three electrical ...

... Community Partnership but now operating independently as a voluntary organisation, was created when mother and daughter team Coun Dorothy Higginbottom and Coun Dorothy Coates realised there was no youth provision for the Great Houghton area.

A 14-year-old swimmer from Northampton has been selected to represent Great Britain in Brazil next week. Ellie Robinson, from Great Houghton, will be among eight athletes and swimmers competing in the 2015 Brazil Paralympic School Games in Natal.