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News
Prince Andrew visits Castleford factory
THE Duke of York made a flying visit to a Castleford factory today as part of a whistle stop tour of Yorkshire.
Crash victim named
POLICE have named the teenage crash victim who died after a smash on the A1 near Wentbridge Viaduct last Friday.
Remploy jobs fight continues
WORKERS at Pontefract’s closure-threatened Remploy factory have stepped up the fight to save their jobs.
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Siblings cash in for tiny babies
THREE young siblings who owe their lives to the care they received when they were born prematurely have launched a fundraising drive to help other early-arriving babies.
In this week’s Express
In this week’s Express we report how the family of murdered Castleford market trader Molly Wright has hired a former CID chief to help prove the man convicted of her murder is innocent.
Sport
Tigers take on new head of talent identification
CASTLEFORD Tigers have appointed Steve Copley as head of talent identification.
Celebration time for Welfare
GLASSHOUGHTON Welfare celebrate their successful promotion-winning season tomorrow night (Friday).
Veteran bowler Peter bags his first hat trick
GLASSHOUGHTON’S 72-year-old Peter Cockroft claimed his first ever hat trick in Saturday’s Pontefract and District Cricket League Division Seven match at Fenwick.
Rovers players earn praise for hard work
UNBEATEN leaders Featherstone Rovers recorded their sixth straight win in the Reserves Championship by beating Halifax 28-10 at The Shay.
Lifestyle
Twenty years in folk
YORKSHIRE folk star Kate Rusby is touring to celebrate her 20 years in showbusiness.
A green-fingered show
IT’s an unusual venue for a play – but an allotment site in Wakefield will be the backdrop to a story about the love between people and their giant vegetables.
Voice stars’ arena date
TEENAGE singer Frances Wood could get the chance to perform in front of millions of people as the new television talent show The Voice goes on tour.
City kids star in top show
A QUARTET of dancers from Wakefield will take to the stage in The King and I.
Community
Thanks for Mark’s ‘tireless work’
AS a resident in Pontefract South ward, I wish to express my gratitude to Mark Crowther for the work he did on our behalf while serving as our representative on Wakefield Council.
Kindness after purse theft
ON APRIL 30, my mum, who is 75, was at Hill Top at Knottingley with a friend.
UKIP ‘will be back in 2014’
THE UK Independence Party (UKIP) polled the second largest number of votes across the Pontefract, Normanton and Castleford constituency, pushing the Conservatives into third place after just two years of standing in elections in the constituency.
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SOME months ago a letter published here elicited several interesting responses to my project on Brotherton’s WW1 Heroes concerning the fallen from the 1914-18 conflict.
Gratitude for compassion
ON Saturday March 31 between 11am and 11.30am my husband Peter Foster collapsed at the bus stop outside KFC Glass Houghton after finishing work there at 11am.
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Weather for Wakefield
Thursday 17 May 2012
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 7 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 9 mph
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