A Pounds 70m mixed-use scheme has secured its first office tenant. Berneslai Homes has taken 16,100 sq ft on a 10-year lease at the Gateway Plaza development, in Barnsley.

MORE than 80 failing secondary schools in Yorkshire could be closed and replaced with academies or trusts in a Pounds 400 million drive to raise standards.

UP TO 75 jobs could be lost at a Yorkshire legal firm which has pursued more than 50,000 personal injury claims for miners and their families. Raleys Solicitors said the redundancies could be made during a large-scale reorganisation over the next six months.

AN innovative therapy brought to South Yorkshire by a doctor who was tragically killed in a road crash will soon be able to benefit many more patients after receiving a boost of more than Pounds 20,000.

HEALTH chiefs will today unveil a scheme intended to bring "massive improvements" in GP services for people who live in Barnsley and the surrounding communities.