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Grieving Yorkshire mum backs bid to stop bike deaths

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$Big Fellas nightclub in Pontefract$

Nightclub burglar racially abused delivery driver who caught him in the act - Leeds Crown Court

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Scene of the crash

Man admits killing woman after lorry smashes into house

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The thief removes the camera from up a ladder.

Burglars steal safe during Featherstone Rovers break-in

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Ferrybridge power plant strike set to continue

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Editor-in-Chief’s letter on new ownership of Johnston Press titles

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College aims to increase target

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This is the cheapest destination for a Christmas Market break in Europe

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Former student buys up Wakefield College campus

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Kaiser the German shepherd is safely back at home with his family after his ordeal.

Vet issues warning after dog nearly chokes on toy

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M62 closed in West Yorkshire after man dies in bridge fall

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New platform to be built on long-stay car park at Leeds Station

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Is there a road in Wakefield that you think needs desperate attention?

Repairing Wakefield’s roads: Here’s where you think needs the most attention

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The road in Horbury remains closed this morning.

Wakefield road remains closed after crash

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The crash happened earlier this morning, closing the road in both directions for several hours.

Road re-opened after crash between car and motorbike

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Crime More Crime >>

Grieving Yorkshire mum backs bid to stop bike deaths

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$Big Fellas nightclub in Pontefract$

Nightclub burglar racially abused delivery driver who caught him in the act - Leeds Crown Court

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The thief removes the camera from up a ladder.

Burglars steal safe during Featherstone Rovers break-in

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Craig Fletcher was jailed.

Obsessive engineer who sent explicit photos of teen girl is jailed for 66 months

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Education More Education >>

Work begins on 'outstanding' £2.8m primary academy in Knottingley

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No previous experience of the education sector is needed as full training will be provided.

Wakefield schools appeal panel looking for volunteers

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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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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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Feature: ‘Crisis’ on the buses

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New platform to be built on long-stay car park at Leeds Station

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Black Friday

Black Friday becomes Slack Friday as Yorkshire folk plan time off to bag bargains

Business

Is there a road in Wakefield that you think needs desperate attention?

Repairing Wakefield’s roads: Here’s where you think needs the most attention

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Politics More Politics >>

COLUMN: Yvette Cooper MP - Fighting to keep local services in our towns

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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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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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Environment More Environment >>

Our landfills could be full in just four years as waste continues to pile up

Environment

Campaigners demonstrate outside County Hall.

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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Health More Health >>

Wakefield Hospice Light up a Life services to remember absent friends and family

Health

GPs running out of flu vaccine

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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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