Doncaster daily bulletin August 16: 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 Wednesday.

00:09 Starting today with the news that peacocks are continuing to divide residents of a Doncaster

00:13 village. The birds, which have been resident in Finanley for more than 40 years, have split

00:19 opinion right down the middle of the village with some fans and some haters, and it comes

00:23 after a car was recently damaged by the birds. We've got details of that story on our Facebook

00:29 page and our website. Also in the news today, plans are back in the pipeline for a new £5

00:35 million restaurant and cafe complex at Doncaster's Sandal Park. The long-running saga has been

00:40 now dragging on for more than eight years, and we've got details of the latest update.

00:45 And there are also plans to bring a dramatic knife angel sculpture to Doncaster. The sculpture,

00:51 which is made of 100,000 knives, which were used in stabbings and murders across the UK,

00:57 is touring the UK to highlight the issue of knife crime, and it will be coming to Doncaster.

01:01 We've got details of that. Stay in touch with our Facebook page and our website for everything

01:06 else that's going on in Doncaster throughout the day, and have a great day. And come on

01:10 England as the Lionesses go for glory against Australia in this morning's Women's World

01:15 Cup semi-final.

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