Opinion

We're actively targeting Stainforth for special attention after concerns were raised by colleagues and partner agencies about recent incidents in the area, writes Insp Mark Payling in a new column for the Doncaster Free Press

Well, it's the school holidays still and I'm at home entertaining my 9 year old daughter, Alyssia. We've had a lovely time playing with our horses this summer and just recently we went to see our lovely breeder, Paula Moore from Haverlands Appaloosas, where we got our foal 'Sully' from a few years ago.

If, like thousands and thousands of people in the UK, you struggle to get out of bed in the mornings and must keep reaching for coffee or another stimulant to keep you going, you are most definitely not alone.

What a fabulous few weeks it has been with my two year old youngster recently. We took him to The British Appaloosa Society breed show up in North Yorkshire and stayed overnight for the biggest and most important show in the Appaloosa calendar.

Thank you to Michael Hardy of Dronfield for providing these fabulous pictures.

Have you lost your exercise mojo? Perhaps you never found it in the first place!

Well, we can't grumble at the weather for the horses at the moment. Unless, of course, you are like my friend Hannah in full uniform in the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery pictured here. I don't envy her right now that's for sure.

Two items in the news caught my attention this week but I may be one of the few people who saw the connection between them.

THIS weekend marks the 50th anniversary of “proper” TV in Yorkshire, by which I mean its birth as a self-contained region.

Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando by Edgar Degas (1879) is arguably one of the world’s most famous circus paintings.

David Taylor, a retired university lecturer, lives in Fulwood and is chair of trustees for the Kings Foundation which provides children’s holiday camps across the globe, headquartered in Sheffield.

One of the most difficult jobs a university vice chancellor has is predicting what courses will be in demand in future years.

As you may remember, we've recently been preparing to take my two year old unbroken Appaloosa to Derbyshire County Show to compete in spotted in-hand classes.