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The rate of personal insolvencies in Wakefield has increased by more than a third over the last two years, official data has revealed.

Families in Netherton have been without gas today as engineers try to find of the cause of the problem.

Plans for a new supermarket to be built on the site of a former GP surgery have been met with anger from local residents.

Advanced engineering firm Group Rhodes is celebrating relocating to new premises at Calder Vale and increasing its workforce.

A Wakefield man who is banned from drinking in the city centre has been jailed again for another breach of a community behaviour order (CBO).

The numbers of people smoking in the district continues to fall, latest figures show.

United Utilities recently announced that a hosepipe ban will come into place on August 5 in the north-west of England, but where else in the UK has one and why doesn’t Yorkshire?

Health bosses have  denied suggestions that surgery may be stopped at Pontefract Hospital.

Although many garden and woodland plants are completely harmless to wildlife and humans alike, there are also some specific poisonous plants which can pose an extreme danger - especially if your little ones come into contact with them.

A Great British Bake Off (GBBO) star is set to demonstrate at the Sherburn in Elmet Craft and Food Festival

Parents are being urged to keep their children safe on garden trampolines this summer.

Some of the world’s most dangerous wild animals are living at private addresses in Yorkshire.

A Leeds based fashion brand has introduced an exclusive, limited edition bag to its collection in celebration of Yorkshire Day on 1 August.

A YOUNG man who took drugs at a house party in West Yorkshire collapsed and died in the back garden.

With the schools set to break up next week, the question many people will be asking is: what the weather will be like during the summer break?