Doncaster Free Press Daily Bulletin with Stephanie Bateman - Thursday April 24, 2025 - video Dailymotion

Doncaster Free Press Daily Bulletin with Stephanie Bateman - Thursday April 24, 2025

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00:00Good morning, it's Steph at the Doncaster Free Press and it's Thursday, April 24th.

00:03Just bringing you some of our headlines this morning.

00:05First of all, a good one, if you're a parent, our central team sent out yesterday a piece of the 13 best state secondary schools

00:12for attendance in South Yorkshire and why it matters for GCSEs.

00:18Like I say, that was from our central team, it is online now, very interesting read, if you're not a parent actually.

00:25But it's up there now, so you can have a look through there if you're of interest.

00:30Then something from the police trading standards officials, they visited a couple of shops this week

00:36after a report of illicit cigarettes, oversized illegal vapes and selling these products to underage children.

00:45It's a couple of, like I say, it's a couple of shops, the information's all there, they did seize an awful lot

00:51and there's a couple of pictures that are there of what they managed to retrieve.

00:55And then finally, a fisherman was caught red-handed by the Environment Agency

00:59when he attempted to use a cast net without permission on a canal at Thorne.

01:03Basically, if you're not a pro fisherman, you might not know that you can have a rod licence to go fishing

01:09but that doesn't include using a cast net as well.

01:13So, this particular gentleman claimed that he didn't realise that and he received a fine.

01:22So, for those stories, just visit www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk

01:27and obviously we'll keep you updated on Facebook and X and enjoy the rest of your day.