A nine-year-old long-distance runner, tiny bug hotels and an NHS choir all feature this week.
Boarded up shops are all too familiar - but one council plans to revive towns using new powers.
Empty shops will be put up for tenancy auction under new laws to address vacancy rates.
Crest Nicholson have been granted outline planning permission to begin work at Pit Lane in Wombwell.
Objectors say the scheme off Pit Lane in Wombwell would increase both traffic and flood risk.
Dozens of people attended the unveiling ceremony in Wombwell paying tribute to Mark Jones.
Tom, Oliver's dad, from South Yorkshire, was diagnosed with a brain tumour aged 39 in August.
Underwater search teams were searching Wombwell Wood lake over the weekend and Monday, police say.
The illustrated card packs have been designed by artist Patrick Murphy and poet Ian McMillan.