Tourism in Barnsley was given a massive shot in the arm this week, as the town was awarded ‘living museum’ status. The announcement follows weeks of speculation as frantic last-ditch attempts to modernise the town were finally abandoned. “It seems like the right thing to do,” said a spokesperson for the towns tourist board.

  An initiative encouraging Oxfam aid workers  to put money back into the  overseas communities they’re helping came under fire  this week. Newspapers and other media have seized on the fact that most efforts to put the initiative into practice,  appear to have been skewed towards the service sector,  and are benefitting a very narrow