- Welch claims the Big Brother spoils
- Cleric warns against gay marriage
- Three held after bank occupied
- Security checks at FA Cup showdown
- Government record on racism slammed
- NHS faces 'peril' if plans derail
- Welfare protesters plan occupation
- Man quizzed over 'road rage' death
- Brothers in court on murder charge
- Escaped prisoner back in custody
- Homeowners 'pay less than tenants'
- Two charged over decapitated body
- Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan
- Farmer jailed over rotting animals
- Burglary victim died of injuries
- Police perjury retrial 'unlikely'
- Face of man who helped escapee
- Have-a-go pensioner 'whacks' raider
- 350 steel redundancies 'disastrous'
- Crimewatch leads on jail van escape
News
Stolen slide found
YOUNGSTERS in Knottingley are “delighted” after a slide stolen from a community playground was found by police.
Market is saved
TOWN councillors took the reins of Featherstone’s market last week to secure its future.
BREAKING: Pontefract Hospital boss steps down amid criticism
THE boss of the cash-strapped trust that runs Pontefract Hospital has stepped down amid mounting criticism of the management of its finances.
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Man crushed by wall
A 62-YEAR-OLD man had to be rescued by firefighters after he was crushed by a wall in Kippax.
Motorcyclist killed in crash - updated
A MOTORCYCLIST from Pontefract has been killed following a collision with a BMW car on the A645 in Knottingley.
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Sport
Shaw is set to return to Warrington
FOLLOWING the signing of Australian James Grehan Castleford Tigers are unlikely to keep teenage outside back Ryan Shaw (pictured) beyond his month on loan.
Josh aiming to lift county boxing title
KNOTTINGLEY SYD Ringside Boxing Club’s Josh Milner will have his first crack at the Yorkshire Schoolboy Championships at Havercroft today (Saturday).
Mathers 'felt like an outcast' at Castleford
FULL-back Richard Mathers is relishing his new life at Wakefield Wildcats, four months after he was made an outcast at Castleford Tigers.
Willstrop’s jinx continues in final
IT was a case of unlucky 13 for Pontefract Squash Club’s James Willstrop when he was beaten in the final of the Tournament of Champions in New York last night (Thursday).
Millward: We must learn from defeat
CASTLEFORD Tigers coach Ian Millward admits there is work to be done before the opening Super League game, but is keen to draw a line under the disappointing final friendly at Wakefield.
Lifestyle
Sculpture gift sitting pretty
SPANISH artist Jaume Plensa has donated two of his works to Yorkshire Sculpture Park after his first major UK exhibition ended last Sunday.
W.E. are not very amused
I CAN honestly say that I have never walked out of the cinema until last weekend.
Waiting for Beckett
a FUNNY, poetic and tragic masterpiece contemplating humanity and friendship, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot is performed by an all-black cast at West Yorkshire Playhouse next month.
Sun dream for duo
Retired clubland star Tony Wayne is now planning to start a new life on the island of Malta.
Waiting for Beckett
a FUNNY, poetic and tragic masterpiece contemplating humanity and friendship, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot is performed by an all-black cast at West Yorkshire Playhouse next month.
Community
Pressing for station plan
MR Mackie and Mr Houlder (Express letters January 19) both refer in different ways to the connection (or lack of it) between buses and trains at Monkhill station.
Express way to keep up with news
THE Pontefract and Castleford Express has a wide army of followers, and is greeted with enthusiasm each week by its readers.
Planning rule ‘astonishing’
I WAS astonished to read the news item (Express January 19) regarding planning enforcement made upon Jolie Maison.
PGI ‘has been dismembered’
SO who is lying, the health trust and local MPs or Andrew Lansley health minister who denies there is a problem about a doctor shortage?
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Weather for Wakefield
Saturday 28 January 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: -0 C to 6 C
Wind Speed: 7 mph
Wind direction: North west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: -0 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 9 mph
Wind direction: South east
