To celebrate the launch of The Rotherham Bugle we’ve arranged for ever reader to receive a FREE Mars Bar from any newsagent (and selected ironmongers) in the Rotherham area. To claim your free Mars Bar, simply pick up a standard sized bar (Bumper sized bars strictly excluded) and take it to the cashier. To prove

Following a series of dismal performances, The Rotherham Bugle understands that local Championship side Rotherham United are working on a novel solution to the clubs current woes. Club manager Alan Stubbs is a big fan of boxing and has taken inspiration for  the idea from the noble art.. Under boxing rules, a bout can be

Parents in the border village of Aston are calling for separate classes for children coming into the local school from the adjacent Sheffield area. They claim that mixed classes are impacting negatively on their children’s language skills, and that there could be long term detrimental effects on their future life chances. People from Sheffield are

A Brinsworth man claims he was tricked into paying out several hundred pounds for what ended up as worthless rubbish, by a mail order company. Ernest Davies (62) from Ellis Street subscribed to  WW2 Secrets magazine back in January 2001. As part of his subscription, Ernest says that the publishers promised to send him “A

A 42 year old man from Canklow who was brought up on a council estate has defied the odds by buying his own second-hand four berth caravan. Kevin Hallibut who left South Grove School with just a single GCSE, bought the luxurious mobile home which features partial indoor sanitation and a light, with money earned

A Rawmarsh man was celebrating last night after scooping an International award for contribution to local media. Dave Meddler from Greasbrough Lane received the prestigious Resident En Colere award after several weeks deliberation by the judging panel based in Paris which is in France. The literal translation of Resident En Colere is ‘angry resident’ and

Residents of a well-to-do area of the town learned this week that their fortnightly council bin collections may be about to cease. A leaked council report revealed that bin collection in Wickersley is under serious review following a survey showing that 4×4 ownership in the area tops 50%. The report – the result of a