A NEW pizza restaurant opens in Barnsley this week.

The Papa John’s Pizza chain will be based on Upper New Street off Westway, on the site of a former bed depot, underneath the new Crawshaw’s Meat Factory.

It is expected to create 20 jobs, ten part time and ten full time positions.

Franchise owner Abdul Kasana said: “Barnsley is a part of the country that has been neglected for a while now.”

The store opens at 12pm on Tuesday.