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- RBS losses hit £2bn amid bonus row
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- UK urged to support tar sands ban
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Gipsy family to set up site in Wakefield
A family of travellers is attempting to relieve West Yorkshire’s lack of authorised sites with a 10 new permanent pitches.
Three quizzed over death of man, 21
Three people have been arrested by police investigating the death of 21-year-old Shane Kirkbright.
Man jailed for stab attack in cornfield
A violent teenager laughed as he to strangle his ex-girlfriend and repeatedly stabbed her with a pizza knife in a cornfield.
Pontefract grandma’s Essex coach-crash death was ‘accident’
A coroner has recorded a verdict of accidental death after a grandmother from Pontefract died in a coach crash in Essex.
Wakefield Wheeled Cats: Roller derby stars set to take new season by storm
A roller derby team have been busy sharpening their claws as they get ready to rumble ahead of the new season.
Pontefract: New super surgery gets planning nod
A new super surgery is to be built in South Kirkby after getting the nod from council planning chiefs.
Young Wakefield ‘dragons’ compete for a share of £25,000
Entrepreneurial students at six schools are taking part in a Dragons’ Den-style contest for the chance to scoop a prize package of £25,000.
Wakefield drug tenants evicted
An undercover operation rooting out the drug dealers making residents’ lives a misery in parts of Wakefield has seen four tenants kicked out of their homes.
Mark Price: Tributes to Castleford Panthers rugby league player
Tributes have been paid to a popular amateur rugby player who collapsed and died on a night out.
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Pontefract police officer’s ‘child cancer lie’
A police officer has appeared in court on a misconduct charge after allegedly lying to bosses that her daughter had cancer.
Gymnastic enthusiasts bring Olympic spirit to Wakefield
Gymnastic enthusiasts helped bring a little Olympic spirit to Wakefield when they delivered the Phone Book from BT to households in a unique style.
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Cannabis smell led to Pontefract grower’s £38,000 plants
A cafe owner who grew £38,000 worth of cannabis plants in a building next to his business premises has been jailed.
Boy’s snow death inquest
Tragic Joshua Houlgate collapsed and died as he built an igloo in the snow with friends, an inquest heard.
Former Cunard cruise ship worker on sex attack charge
A former Cunard cruise ship worker has been charged with a sex attack on a child, police said today.
Wakefield museum’s gritty exhibition
A gritty new exhibition that gives a snapshot of the most stormy period in mining history has come to the industry’s heartland.
‘Fab 40’ buy shares in bid to save Wakefield landmark
A multi-million pound bid to restore a Wakefield landmark has passed two important milestones,
Man, 23, dies after collapsing in Pontefract nightclub
A POLICE investigation was launched after a young man collapsed and died in a Pontefract nightclub at the weekend.
Valentine’s Day 2012: Meet the couple who prove love really can conquer all
When Jimmy Gittins was paralysed he thought his life was over. In the first of a week of stories to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Grant Woodward meets a couple who prove love really can conquer all.
Owner stabbed pet dog as partner dug grave
A cruel thug repeatedly stabbed his pet dog Scooby while his partner dug a shallow grave for the stricken animal.
Castleford teenager to brave Himalayas as part of expedition
A teenage army cadet will be braving sub-zero temperatures that put our cold snap to shame as he tackles the Himalayas as part of a special expedition.
Pensioner brought misery to a street
A pensioner held a pick axe over his neighbour’s dog’s head and threatened to hit it.
Thieves hit Castleford breast screen service
Metal thieves who targeted a Castleford health centre have forced women to travel miles to undergo potentially life-saving breast screenings.
Ivor Lloyd: Meet Wakefield’s own motivational coach
Motivational coach Ivor Lloyd has overcome a number of personal struggles and now hopes to help others achieve their full potential.
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Spy cameras in school parking clampdown
Police have launched mobile spy cameras to film antisocial parents who put children’s lives at risk by parking illegally outside schools.
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Featherstone set for answers over fireball inferno
Worried residents in Featherstone will finally get answers about a devastating explosion that forced hundreds of them from their homes.
Masterplan to revamp Pontefract train station
A masterplan aims to get Pontefract’s Monkhill railway station back on track.
Boy of 10 dies playing in the snow
A 10-year-old died suddenly while snowballing and building snowmen with friends near his home.
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£112,000 insurance shock for West Yorkshire mum
A shocked mum was quoted more than £100,000 to insure her five-year-old car.
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‘Reopen A&E’ at Pontefract Hospital call as trust boss steps down
Calls for the A&E department at Pontefract hospital to reopen full time have been renewed in the wake of fresh turmoil at a troubled West Yorkshire health trust.
Wakefield Cathedral verger cleared of groping woman UPDATED
A verger was today found not guilty of groping a woman in a cathedral.
Pontefract man’s world hip op record at 102
True Yorkshire grit has put a Pontefract man on the verge of making it into the record books after having a hip replacement at the age of 102.
Child porn pervert had almost 15,000 indecent images
A judge poured scorn on a pervert who denied being sexually attracted to children, despite admitting to downloading almost 15,000 indecent images of them.
Police go extra mile after burglars steal from disabled girl, 7
Big-hearted police stepped in to help after burglars left a severely disabled seven-year-old girl devastated.
Couple wed in Kenya village - with 55 bridesmaids and page boys
A kind-hearted couple who set up a school in a deprived Kenyan village have tied the knot – with all 55 pupils in the wedding party.
Computer worker jailed for child porn
A computer company worker who downloaded more than 8,000 disturbing images of children and animals being sexually abused has been jailed.
Schoolgirl tells of kidnap bid terror
A masked man tried to abduct an eight-year-old girl from the front garden of her home in Wakefield.
Fire chiefs face quiz on Featherstone gas blast
Fire Service bosses will be quizzed about public safety in the wake of a devastating explosion that saw 300ft flames shoot into the sky.
Wakefield city leader in health trust row
Wakefield Council leader Peter Box says the outgoing chief executive of a troubled hospital trust has been made a “scapegoat”.
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Wakefield Cathedral sells historic pews
IT is the last few days of a January furniture sale never to be repeated.
Shoplifter attacked security guard with a syringe
A shoplifter stabbed a security guard with a syringe as he tried to flee from a bargain store with a bottle of fabric softener.
Knottingley: Arrest after fatal bike smash
A BIKER died after a collision with a BMW car in Knottingley.
Wakefield: Son murder accused remanded LATEST
A 34-year-old man charged with the murder of his five-year-old son was remanded in custody today.
Tragic Castleford girl’s Leeds hospital legacy
Accommodation for parents at a Leeds hospital has been made more comfortable thanks to a donation in memory of a six-year-old who lost her battle with leukaemia.
Historic stained glass window project completed at Ossett church
The congregation at a West Yorkshire church can once again see the light.
Prince Charles steams in for a visit to Wakefield
The Prince of Wales stepped off a carriage pulled by a 1950s steam engine on to a railway platform packed with well-wishers today.
Wakefield crash priest in the clear
A Catholic priest who bumped into a woman’s car outside a church hall in Wakefield has been cleared of drink driving.
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