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Car dealership to bring 90 jobs to Wakefield
Around 90 jobs will be brought to Wakefield after plans for a new car dealers were approved. Vehicle auctioneers Aston Barclay have taken over 18 acres of disused land at Photon Park in Normanton and will open it as their new headquarters at the...
Hull man missing after Wakefield visit
Police are appealing for information about a Hull man who has been reported missing after going on a visit to Wakefield. Officers are searching for Eric Duffield, who is 39. He had been in Wakefield visiting his father and left around 10.30am...
City golfers set to tee off in United States
Golfers from Waterton Park and Low Laithes have qualified to play in Florida. Glynn Andrews, Karen Andrews and Stuart Nice, of Waterton Park Golf Club, and John Robinson, of Low Laithes Golf Club, have booked their places after strong performances at...
Thomas, nine, toured Pinderfields Hospital as part of health charity scheme
A nine year old boy from Wakefield who has spent his whole life having weekly blood tests got to find out what happens to his blood samples thanks to a charity scheme. Thomas Pickard was the first person to be invited to Pinderfields Hospital...
"Mummy will you marry Daddy?" - The heartwarming Pinderfields proposal by romantic Leeds dad and his new...
Thinking of a unique and inventive way to propose to your other half is all part and parcel of becoming engaged. Time, money and energy are often spent on creating a proposal that will live long in the memory. And one dad from Leeds came up with...
The quacky races were backed by Trinity stars
The quacky races were a big hit in Newmillerdam. This year’s event, organised by Newmillerdam Community and Conservation Association late last month, featured a Gnome Roam Junior Fun Run, which was won by Ben Shackleton and Emilia Winder. They...
Exclusive: The Yorkshire council chief executives earning thousands of pounds a year for election roles
HIGHLY-paid council chief executives in Yorkshire have received as much as £65,000 on top of their annual salaries for administering elections, The Yorkshire Post can reveal. An investigation into payments received by returning officers has found...
Here's why part of the M62 near Leeds will be closed next week
Part of the M62 will be shut overnight this week for ongoing maintenance work. The works are part of an improvement scheme affecting the motorway's junction with the M621. Photos show damage to Lamborghini supercar after crash in Bradford On Wednesday...
Wakefield’s Forgotten Women: The Gissing sisters left an indelible mark on our children’s education
For more than a century the Gissing name has been synonymous with the city’s renowned radical wayward novelist George, until now. He may have helped put Wakefield on the map, alongside other Victorian literary heroes such as Thomas Hardy and HG Wells,...
Congratulations to a diamond couple who are ‘keeping happy’
A retired glassworker says the most important thing in life is keeping happy, as she celebrates her diamond wedding anniversary. Colleen, 81, and Norman Clayton, 86, celebrated 60 years of marriage with a gathering of more than 50 friends and family....
Church awarded £800 to help bolster congregation
A north Featherstone church has been awarded £800 for projects designed to help bolster the congregation. All Saints’ Church, a grade II medieval church mentioned in the Domesday Book, has benefited from the Bishops Development Fund from the Diocese...
Sarah Longlands interview: Why our towns are just as vital as cities in future of the North
She leads the ‘dedicated think-tank for the North of England’, and Dr Sarah Longlands is passionate about ensuring the Yorkshire’s towns are not left out of the Northern Powerhouse debate. Rob Parsons went to meet her. They provide the picturesque...
Road closed after lorry and car crash under railway bridge
Motorists have been urged to avoid a road in Pontefract after a lorry and car collided under a railway bridge this afternoon. Police were called to the A638 between Badsworth and Ackworth at 2.43pm today after a Mercades lorry and a Zafira car collied...
Caught on camera...can you help the police?
PICTURES: Do you recognise anyone here? These CCTV images have been released by police. Some of these people could be witnesses and have not necessarily committed a crime, although Wakefield’s district police would like to speak to them. WD0873...
Civil partnership numbers in West Yorkshire have fallen dramatically since legalisation of same-sex marriage
The number of couples forming civil partnerships in West Yorkshire has fallen dramatically since same-sex marriage was legalised, ONS figures show. In the four years before the Same-Sex Marriage Act came into force in March 2014, there were 727 civil...
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