Doncaster daily bulletin April 12: Darren Burke with the headlines

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00:00 Good morning everyone, I'm Darren Burke, one of your live team and digital reporters for

00:04 the Doncaster Free Press, bringing you some of the main headlines in Doncaster this Friday.

00:10 Starting today with the news that Doncaster Conservative MP Nick Fletcher has escaped

00:14 censure from his party after appearing to endorse a rival party. Mr Fletcher, the MP

00:19 for Don Valley, gave his backing to Lee Anderson who recently joined Reform UK. There have

00:25 been calls from members of the public and other rival parties for Mr Fletcher to be

00:31 suspended by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. We've got details of that story for you on our Facebook

00:36 page and our website. Also in the news today, bad news for Doncaster actress Sheridan Smith

00:42 whose West End play opening night has been cancelled early. The show has met with a selection

00:49 of bad reviews from critics and members of the public and bosses have made the decision

00:54 to close the show early. We'll have details of that story for you as well. And good news

00:59 for our Mission Firefly appeal. Our campaign to raise £25,000 for the Doncaster Cancer

01:05 Charity has hit a £7,500 milestone. We'll have details of that for you as well and how

01:12 you can donate. Stay in touch with our Facebook page and our website for everything else that's

01:16 going on in Doncaster throughout the day and have a great day.