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Workers at a playground have praised Knottingley’s community spirit after arsonists caused more than £10,000 worth of damage over the weekend.

Recruitment is now open to join West Yorkshire Police, and for the first time police officers will study towards a degree as part of their training.

Staff from the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Wakefield Libraries will host a bake sale to raise money for dementia support in the district.

A distraught pet owner has hit out at an ‘evil’ motorist who purposely sped up to kill her pet cat in front of her eyes.

Roads will be closed, homes evacuated and airline pilots warned as Ferrybridge Power Station prepares for the next stage of demolition.

A petrol station could be knocked down and replaced with a cafe made from unused shipping containers if an planning application submitted this week is approved.

A nursery has proved it is still top of the class after being handed an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted report.

If you fancy yourself as the next Tommy Fury, Ovie Soko or Amber Gill then this is how you can appear on Love Island 2020.

Planning permission has been granted to convert a retail unit in Horbury town centre into a microbar.

Do you remember your first Roald Dahl book? The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG?

Councillors in Wakefield have agreed to write to the Foreign Office, Indian High Commissioner and the United Nations to urgently address the escalating situation in Kashmir.

Sir Geoffrey Boycott has spoken of his ‘surprise’ after being knighted in former prime minister Theresa May’s resignation honours list.

A new £2.5m development for people with special needs will create over 100 jobs.

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