THE Barnsley Parkrun is in no danger of suffering the same fate as a Parkrun in Bristol where a council voted to introduce charges this week.

Barnsley Council told the Chronicle it was happy to keep its current arrangements with the organisers of the Barnsley Parkrun at Locke Park.

There had been fear that the controversial decision of Stoke Gifford Parish Council to charge Parkrun a fee for the use of Little Stoke Park near Bristol would lead to other council’s around the country following suit.

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