The death of former Cuban president Fidel Castro this week, brought back memories of happier times for 90 year old Dalton man Arthur Cox. Arthur was landlord of The Grapes pub in Dalton in the 1950’s, and remembers a young Fidel Castro  booking into the pub on a bed and breakfast basis. He says that

High flyers in the town were celebrating this week after Chancellor Philip Hammond used his Autumn statement to announce the release of a new national savings bond paying a whopping 2.2% interest a year. The Bugle understand that as many as twenty local residents have the £3,000 in savings needed to take full advantage of

A Kilnhurst man has called for Black Friday to be re-branded, claiming that the current name is overtly racist. Black Friday is the last Friday of November, and has become widely  known as the day when big discounts can be had from online and offline retailers, but Ray Steele believes the name carries sinister racial

A Treeton man who paid over £2,000 to have a ‘testicle lift’ operation, because the left one hung lower than the right, was reeling  this week after learning that they’re supposed to be like that. Richard Cobbler from Wood Lane, underwent the painful surgery last month after suffering years of mental anguish and acute embarrassment

On a day when  it was announced that the government have earmarked £7.6 million to help repair Wentworth Woodhouse, there was more good news for the popular local landmark. An amateur historian has solved a puzzle which has caused furious debate amongst both locals and visitors to the area,  for generations. Majestic Wentworth Woodhouse stands

A Maltby man has finally given up on any hope of running his own successful business after his whelk stall went into voluntary liquidation.  A whelk stall is colloquially seen as the smallest and simplest of commercial enterprises to run,  and so the insult “He couldn’t run a whelk stall”, is often used to denote

A Rotherham man is  considering  taking legal action against a major food and beverage company after unearthing what he believes to be a serious case of misrepresentation. Eric Brewer (69)  from Kimberworth has been buying Yorkshire Tea for over 50 years, but recently discovered that the tea isn’t actually grown in Yorkshire.  “I was gobsmacked”

Following the Millers dismal start to the season, garnering just 7 points from 17 games, many fans have given up hope of avoiding relegation with over 5 months of the season still to go. The club have recognised this and are exploring options for making visits to the New York stadium more interesting and appealing

The new name for the B&Q roundabout  at Masborough was finally announced this week . Regular readers will recall that Rotherham Borough Council took the decision to change the name of the roundabout back in May in protest at the  retailer closing its  Parkgate store. A council spokesman at the time said “You name a

  Following our story earlier this week about Facebook aiming to banish fake and misleading news items from the social media site, The Rotherham Bugle has learned that the company intend to extend the policy, and  rid the site of all misleading posts and status updates. Although a full list of affected contributions is still