THREE people were taken to hospital after the car they were travelling in flipped over three times as it joined the motorway. The Vauxhall Corsa was travelling down the junction 37 slip road to join the southbound carriageway when it swerved to avoid another car causing it to overturn.

LIFE expectancy in Barnsley is the second worst in Yorkshire and significantly below the the national average, according to a survey. Only Hull ranks worse in the 21 place list with the market town of Hambleton coming first in the publication by the GMB.

RINGING home the news - Barnsley College A-Level student Aleesha Benson phones home with her results. The 18-year-old, an aspiring primary school teacher from Wombwell, was among hundreds nervously opening their results and finding out whether they had done enough to go on to university. For all Barnsley's A-level results, buy this week's Chronicle.

Barnsley manager Simon Davey is keeping his fingers crossed that intenational clearance for midfielder Hugo Colace comes through in time for Saturday's home game with Coventry. The Reds boss is hoping to hand a debut to the Argentine but his moved has been held up by red tape.

FRIENDS of a woman who was found strangled have told of their shock at her girlfriend's arrest for murder. Margaret Desmond, 50, was found dead at the couple's shared home in Hoyland on Sunday.