National World YourWorld Top Stories 8 January, 2025

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00:00This is your world top stories for Wednesday the 8th of January 2025 brought to you by

00:07National World.

00:11Hotel plan for Rotherham's historic guest and crime site.

00:15Rotherham's historic guest and crimes building could be set for a new future as a hotel after

00:21standing vacant for a quarter of a century.

00:26Scarborough Garden Centre team member's Tombola raises £280 for charity.

00:32A fundraising Tombola organised by a team member at a Scarborough Garden Centre has

00:38raised £280 for a Yorkshire children's charity.

00:44Jess Brownfulla MP, what devolution could mean for Chichester?

00:49At the tail end of last year the government published its English devolution white paper

00:54which outlines two intentions, to introduce mayoralties across the country and to abolish

01:00district and borough councils in favour of larger unitary authorities.

01:07Northampton gears up for International Bowls event.

01:11Northampton and District Indoor Bowling Association is due to host the British Isles Indoor Bowls,

01:18men's international under 25 series on Saturday the 15th of February and Sunday the 16th of

01:24February 2025.

01:29A TikTok scam is promising people £500 a day but you should never respond to it.

01:35There's a new TikTok scam text to watch out for already in 2025.

01:42First big production of 2025 as Bat Out of Hell comes to town.

01:47For the first week of the new year the Edinburgh Playhouse hits the highway like a battering

01:52ram with the classic rock musical Bat Out of Hell.

01:57Lincolnshire gritters ready for another night of sub-zero conditions.

02:02Lincolnshire's gritters are set to be out again in sub-zero conditions having salted

02:083,100 miles of road in total overnight last night.

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