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Barbara picketed her offices at the National Coal Board for the whole year
Barbara Jackson was one of the few women on the picket lines for the duration of the 1984 Miners Strike. She revisits locations which were significant during the Strike.

BBC Sheffield and the Children's Hospital are teaming together to raise £500,000 for a new CT scanner.

Meerkats, camels and zebras are all housed at Doncaster's Yorkshire Wildlife Park, but are they enjoying the snow?


Why were Blue Peter in Doncaster in 1970?
Raise money for a new scanner at The Children's Hospital.
Weather presenter and climate correspondent.


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