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‘Hands off our rugby league’

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It is not clear how the credit card came to be in the child's possession.

Child spends more than £6,000 on council credit card

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Coun Morley with members of the gritting team.

Council gears up for gritting with 6,000 tonnes at the ready

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Embargoed to 0001 Tuesday March 27 Undated file photo of a firefighters tackling a blaze. Arsonists could face tougher punishments if their crimes result in damage to listed buildings or a major emergency response under new sentencing plans.

Fires claimed 16 lives in West Yorkshire in last year

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Wakefield NHS spending more on diabetes prescriptions, figures reveal

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Children celebrate harvest festival

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Air ambulance called after motorcyclist injured in Pontefract

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Wakefield suitcase thief jailed for over five years

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A commissioner is currently inspecting children's services

Claims social workers asked government to take over Wakefield Council's children's services

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$A man died after collapsing on Finkle Street, Pontefract. Picture: Google$

Man dies of serious injuries in Pontefract town centre

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Extra parking spaces at Kirkgate Station ‘unlikely’

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The A6201 Wrangbrook Lane at Railway Cottages. Picture: Google.

Man cut free from car after crash at accident blackspot near Pontefract

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Broken down train causes rail delays in Wakefield and Leeds

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Asda, Morrisons Sainsbury's and Tesco cut petrol prices by up to 2p per litre after fall in wholesale costs

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Delays of at least 30 minutes after crash on M62 near Leeds

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Child spends more than £6,000 on council credit card

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Wakefield suitcase thief jailed for over five years

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One Stop, Durkar

Burglar caught red handed during shop break-in

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West Yorkshire Police said interview conditions had to be "sterile" to help preserve evidence.

West Yorkshire abuse victims interviewed in 'cold' and 'shocking' conditions

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Claims social workers asked government to take over Wakefield Council's children's services

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Jerry Clay Academy landed a gold artsmark award

Gold mark for Jerry Clay Academy embracing the arts

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Wakefield Town Hall

How warning signs over Wakefield Council's inadequate children's services may have been missed

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County Hall, Wakefield

Reliance on agency workers costs Wakefield Council £2million

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The number of children classed at risk of exploitation has spiralled from 1 in 2016 to above 80 in October 2018.

More than 80 Wakefield children at risk of sexual exploitation

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Extra parking spaces at Kirkgate Station ‘unlikely’

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Broken down train causes rail delays in Wakefield and Leeds

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Planning permission for the scheme was granted in March.

Hepworth Gallery garden 'will bring more people to Wakefield'

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Asda, Morrisons Sainsbury's and Tesco cut petrol prices by up to 2p per litre after fall in wholesale costs

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Politics More Politics >>

How warning signs over Wakefield Council's inadequate children's services may have been missed

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County Hall, Wakefield

Reliance on agency workers costs Wakefield Council £2million

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Wakefield's children's services was rated inadequate by Ofsted in July.

Under pressure children's services set to get more cash

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Wakefield Council leader Peter Box has been under pressure since a Labour coup to oust him failed in September.

Council leader's future debated after tempers flare

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Yorkshire's hopes of a devolution deal have been hit by another setback

Government slammed over 'no response' to devolution meeting request

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Rudd Quarry in Normanton fails in extension plans after Altofts Junior School pupils object

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Paul Dainton, president of RATS, pictured in 2011.

'Our community is a giant bin' say campaigners in Normanton where clinical refuse has piled up at waste site

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Sobeckis was prosecuted at Leeds Magistrates Court

Fly-tipper told to pay thousands after dumping 'tonne of waste'

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21 traveller camps have been created in Wakefield since April.

Traveller camp set up every nine days in Wakefield

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Wakefield NHS spending more on diabetes prescriptions, figures reveal

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Cases of syphilis in Wakefield have doubled since 2012

Syphilis warning after STI outbreaks in Wakefield

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Michelle and Stuart Jackson.

Feature: ‘My whole future has been wiped out...’

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Less than three per cent of care homes are rated 'outstanding' under current CQC criteria.

Pontefract care home Sunnyfield rated 'outstanding' by CQC

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$Pontefract Hospital$

Pontefract Hospital birth centre reopens after Pinderfields staff shortage

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