CUDWORTH’S long-awaited Aldi supermarket will open in December, the Chronicle can reveal.

Building on the site, on Barnsley Road, which has faced a series of delays since Barnsley Council awarded planning permission almost three years ago, is now in full swing after a team moved on in May to start laying the new store’s foundations.

The main structure will be erected in the coming weeks, while an Aldi spokesman revealed this week that the German retailer expects to open to the public before the end of the year.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle