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Millers To Become The New Harlem Globetrotters?

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

New Name Announced For Rotherham Roundabout.

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

Facebook To Clamp Down On All Lies

  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

Almost Half Of Rotherham Kids Below Average in Maths

There was a further blow for parents worried about educational standards in Rotherham this week. Analysis of a national education department report revealed that almost half of children in the borough are failing to reach average attainment standards in mathematics at GCSE, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Further scrutiny of the figures

Rawmarsh Woman In Sofa Delivery Nightmare

A Rawmarsh woman says she is  unable to sleep `at night and  is suffering from panic attacks after receiving the devastating news that she won’t be able to get her new sofa delivered before Christmas. Maureen Todd from Ingshead Avenue ordered the  new sofa from Shit Stuff On Tick in Parkgate two weeks ago. “I

Facebook Set To Clamp Down On Fake Stories

Facebook announced this week that the company is  taking steps to ban or restrict content from The Sun, Daily Star, Mirror, Daily Express and Daily Mail from being shared on the social network. The company has expressed concern about the number of ‘fake’ and made up news stories being shared on Facebook,  resulting in  members

Man With One Leg Wins Arse Kicking Contest

A one legged man has confounded the critics and doubters by taking first place in an arse kicking contest. John Silver from Upper Haugh  had never done any competitive arse kicking until he lost his lower leg in a freak shark attack off the coast of Goole  two years ago.  But in a thrilling final 

Rotherham Café To Close After Attracting Just Two Customers

A town centre vegetarian wholefood freetrade café looks set to close after attracting just two customers in its first month. The Green Carrot on High Street was started by Guy Fortesque-Brown and his girlfriend Tabatha Forbes who moved to the area last year from trendy  Shoreditch  east London for a bet. The restaurant uses only

Married Working Class Man Makes His Own Tea

A married working class man from Treeton has stunned friends and family by getting his own tea ready. Unemployed Roy Collins, 45 was relaxing  watching The Chase last Wednesday, when he received a text from his wife, Carol, to say she was working overtime and would be late home. “It threw me a bit at

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