A UNIVERSITY student from Athersley is on the hunt for glow worms. Samantha Whitworth, 26, of Upper Forest Road, wants people to contact her if they know of any sites where glow worms can be found. She is doing a study as part of her environmental conservation degree at Sheffield Hallam University.

THE Friends of Wentworth Castle is appealing for unwanted jewellery to help pay for the restoration of the Victorian conservatory.
About £3.7m is needed for the work and, although most of that will be covered by lottery money, the castle needs to raise £1m in match funding.

THREE theatre managers at Barnsley Hospital have been put on 'gardening leave' after it was revealed the department was running at a £2.2m deficit.
The senior employees have been replaced by an external management team which has been brought in to improve efficiency in theatres.

FASHION guru Gok Wan is coming to Barnsley in search of a the town's worst-dresser.
The star of How to Look Good Naked is holding auditions next month for the third series of Gok's Fashion Fix.

A SIX-year-old boy nearly died of cancer after he was sent home from the doctors with paracetamol.
Samuel Lawson had lost a lot of weight and his stomach was swollen and hard when his grandma took him to Pollock and Partners Surgery, Park Grove, in May last year.