BARNSLEY’S taxi drivers are being urged to take part in a consultation which would see the council install free-of-charge CCTV cameras in their vehicles from as early as April next year. Barnsley Council’s licensing officers were successful in their bid to the government’s Transport Innovation Fund, paving the way for cameras to be fitted in order to boost safety for both drivers and passengers. However, following its previous consultation when more than 500 drivers were...

Barnsley are determined to improve their faltering home form when they host Charlton Athletic from 7.45pm on Tuesday. The Reds ended a four-match winless run with a 2-1 success at Blackpool on Saturday. They are unbeaten at Oakwell in five games in all competitions but have only won once there in the league this season, against Bristol Rovers last month. That is also their only home victory in the league since February,...

BODYBUILDING is in the blood of one Royston family after teenager Ethan Weiss followed in his dad and grandad’s footsteps by winning his first title earlier this month. Kyle Weiss, 36, has been training to become a bodybuilder since he was 14 - and his dad Terry has won it all. Terry picked up the sport in the 1980s after finding a weightlifting gym and soon became hooked. In 1985 he placed third in his...

BARNSLEY’S last two league trips to Blackpool didn’t end well for their head coaches. The away end turned on Markus Schopp and Neill Collins during defeats at Bloomfield Road in September 2021 and April this year respectively. Schopp was sacked within weeks and Collins within hours of a 3-2 loss which saw his off-form side go 3-0 down in the penultimate league game of last season. There is nothing at all to suggest that Darrell...