Doncaster daily bulletin March 21: 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 Thursday.
00:10 First of all, don't forget that today is Doncaster Free Press Day, so make sure you go and get
00:14 a copy of this week's newspaper. In the news today, your Doncaster Free Press launches
00:19 an ambitious campaign today to help Doncaster cancer charity Firefly. We're asking readers
00:24 to help raise £25,000 to buy a new vehicle for the charity which helps transport cancer
00:31 patients to hospitals across the region. We've got details of that on our newspaper and our
00:36 website today, so make sure you find out how you can get involved and donate money. Also
00:41 in the news today, customers have reacted with shock at the closure of the Doncaster
00:46 City Centre branch of Marks & Spencer. The firm has announced that it will be closing
00:51 the branch in 2025 and transferring customer to a new and expanded store on Wheatley Hall
00:57 Road. We'll have all the details and reaction to that. And in other news, the search goes
01:03 on for missing Pam Johnson, who has now been missing from home in Doncaster for more than
01:08 a week, with police stepping up appeals and local residents and friends and neighbours
01:13 coordinating searches for her as the hunt goes on. We'll have all the details of that
01:17 for you as well. Stay in touch with our Facebook page and our website throughout the day for
01:22 everything else that's going on in Doncaster and have a great day.