THE Peel Square public toilets will be closed for 30 minutes on Monday while they are used as the backdrop of a photo shoot. And no, it’s not for a dodgy magazine.It’s for the album cover of 1950s band AC and the Delcos’ debut CD.

THE last surviving gun shop in Barnsley is to close after 38 years of business. Guns International on Doncaster Road has been popular with shooting enthusiasts since it opened in 1972. But owners, Karl and Pat Slater say they feel the time is right to finally shut up shop.

BARNSLEY College has outgrown its new building before it has been finished. The college at the top of Old Mill Lane was designed more than three years ago when student numbers were expected to be about 3,600 by the time it was finished. But numbers have rocketed faster than expected and the college already has 4,350 students on the books.

A REALITY TV show featuring Dicke Bird is about to start on BBC1. It's called 'The Young Ones' and is based on a Harvard University experiment to see if people can 'think themselves young' again.