Fresh backing for £2.5m Yorkshire Rose sculptures

PLANS to spend £2.5m on three new town centre sculptures received fresh backing yesterday – after two councillors blasted Barnsley Council for not using the cash elsewhere.

Couns Steve Hunt and Dickie Denton, who both represent the Liberal Democrats, said the local authority should be prioritising other issues instead of the ‘Yorkshire Roses’ scheme on County Way.

Coun James Higginbottom told the full council meeting: “The vast majority of the funding for this is coming from elsewhere.

“The Lib Dems have bemoaned everything that’s good about the town centre and that includes the Glass Works, the library and the sixth form college, all of which have been resounding successes.”