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Almost two-thirds of epilepsy sufferers on disability benefits in Wakefield had their claims denied after the roll-out of the new system, figures reveal.

JYSK UK, which has stores in Pontefract and Dewsbury, has today announced it is reducing the cost of its bags-for-life to a profit-zero price point to encourage more customers to buy and re-use them.

The Grand Central Great Get Together at Wakefield’s Kirkgate Station tomorrow (June 22) has now been cancelled.

Now in its sixth year, companies large and small across Yorkshire will join in what promises to be a dogtastic day at work tomorrow (June 21).

Grab your whisk because it’s time to find out if you’re ‘batter’ than the rest - the first ever Great Yorkshire Pudding Challenge is on the hunt to find the UK’s most aspiring cooks to battle it out in the Yorkie arena before crowning the winner this summer.

A West Yorkshire couple have raised an incredible £10,469 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and the Alzheimer’s Society after hosting a ball at the Darrington Golf Club.

A pub poker player is celebrating winning £4,000 after landing in the final two at a high-profile tournament in Las Vegas.

Do you have a mischievous mini Schnauzer, a troublesome Terrier or a bad Bassett?

Wakefield District Cycle Forum continues its programme of free guided cycle rides aimed at those new to cycling, wanting to start cycling or needing greater confidence when cycling.

Wakefield households have £300 less spending money than the average for Yorkshire and the Humber, figures show.

The countdown to World Gin Day is on, and pubs around West Yorkshire are celebrating in style by giving away free gin and tonics on Saturday - all you need to do to claim one is take along your own orange!

Jubilee Class steam locomotive Galatea – a sort of real-life version of James the Red Engine in the Thomas the Tank Engine books that once hauled crack expresses through Yorkshire – will be thundering into Scarborough this summer.

Preparations are well under way for the Great British Food Festival taking place in the grounds of the stunning Harewood House near Leeds over this Bank Holiday Weekend.

TV’s Red Shepherdess Hannah Jackson is set to make her debut at the Great Yorkshire Show this year.

Publicans across the county are hoping to pull in nominations as well as pints over the coming weeks, as Yorkshire’s Favourite Pub 2019 is launched.

Boyzone star Ronan Keating is set to headline a concert in the grounds of the spectacular Castle Howard on Sunday August 4.

Whether you take it black, with milk or fill it with sugar, coffee is the kick-starting liquid that we all use to fuel up our days – imagine if you could get paid to make the stuff…

Family cycles can make for the most memorable days out - here are some of the region’s top places to visit by bike with kids this half-term on segregated cycle routes.

Leading Yorkshire theatre company Northern Broadsides has announced the launch of its new Broadsides in Business programme with information on how local and regional businesses can make the best use of its new and improved venue facilities at its home base, Dean Clough in Halifax.