FOUR teachers are to leave Darton High as part of a settlement reached following industrial action by NUT members. Teacher and NUT representative at the school, Chris Page, told the Chronicle the decision was made after a series of strikes by NUT members over pay.

A COUPLE'S pet cat will need surgery to remove its eye after it was shot in the face with an air-rifle. Elizabeth Dillingham told the Chronicle of her upset to find her four-year-old Persian cat Roma on the doorstep bleeding from his right eye on Monday night.

AN animal charity has been left to foot the bill for fire damage to their shop because insurers have refused to pay out. Mary Hepworth owns Albert's Horse Sanctuary in Cawthorne and runs the sanctuary's charity shop on Greenside in Staincross.

A BARNSLEY BNP candidate was thrown out of the police force in disgrace and conned an 80-year-old woman out of £1,000 as he awaited trial for perverting the course of justice. This week the Chronicle tried to ask Simon Goodricke, 45, of Darton, about his past. He was arrested on suspicion of possessing a fire arm after our photgrapher saw him brandishing what appeared to be a handgun from his front door.

PARENTS were given one week's notice to find alternative travel arrangements for their children after two buses to Darton High were axed. A letter from the council's school transport manager, Sue Hague, was sent to parents of about 150 pupils on Thursday, April 17 stating services 471 and 492 would not be operating after Wednesday, April 23 because they were no longer viable.

A BURST water main was left gushing for five days before Yorkshire Water fixed the problem. It ruptured on Monday, April 7 near Sackup Lane and Kingsway junction in Mapplewell, and was reported on Tuesday by a Sackup Lane resident.

A DARTON councillor has resigned from the regulatory planning board because land at the former North Gawber Colliery site could be redeveloped to make way for 250 houses. Coun John Parkinson, of Darton East ward, is to campaign on residents' behalf against the proposed development by Gladedale South Yorkshire.

SKATERS, bladers and bikers...they were all geared up and raring to go when Darton Skate Park opened to the public. World No.4 inline blader Jenna Downing did the honours of cutting the ribbon and gave the park her seal of approval by pulling a few blading tricks out of the bag.

A PAIR of determined Darton postmasters who pledged their thrice-flooded shop would not close celebrated this week as they reopened for business. Jill and Anthony Auty were soon back in the swing of things at Darton post office, greeting customers with big smiles as they opened the doors for business on Monday morning.