Council

Rev Mary Taylor,

Off the streets by Christmas

We’re also making big improvements to our roads.

We’re working round the clock to get Wakefield back on track

Residents set to start receiving annual canvass forms

Residents reminded to register to vote for next Wakefield election

Senior councillors are set to adopt a new economic growth plan aimed at boosting business across Wakefield and providing “more high-quality employment opportunities for residents.”

'Wakefield is open for business': Council set to adopt new economic growth plan

Louise Lupton, Head of Service for Access to Education, Coun Matthew Caton, Jacqui Dundas, Head of Service for Inclusion, Strategy and Performance and Nicola Cryer, Headteacher at Oakfield Park School

New specialist SEND unit opens at Oakfield Park School providing extra places

Recruitment Open Day at Wakefield Town Hall

Wakefield recruitment drive for jobs including park rangers and road maintenance

Plans have been lodged to convert Wakefield's old corner's court building into a 'create hub' of studios and workshops. Image: Group Ginger

City’s former coroner’s court to be transformed into ‘creative hub’

How the new 8m-high sign could look if Wakefield Trinity is granted permission to install it outside the DIY Kitchens Stadium. Image: adi.tv

Highways chiefs call for 8m-high sign at Trinity ground to be ‘scaled down’

The Labour run-authority has put forward a financial plan which includes a maximum council tax increase of £4.99% as part of efforts to tackle an expected £23.3m shortfall during the next financial year.

Council to vote on Budget including maximum tax increase and school uniform fund

Simon Lightwood MP for Wakefield and Rothwell

Political opinion column, Simon Lightwood says: “Wakefield’s city centre develop...

‘An historic moment for Wakefield’: Council agrees to buy The Ridings

Don't forget to register to vote for Wakefield's May elections.

Wakefield elections: Make sure you're registered for vote for May elections

Council unanimously in favour of action over Royal Mail post delays

Plans have been lodged to convert Wakefield's old corner's court building into a 'create hub' of studios and workshops. Image: Group Ginger

Former coroner’s court set to become ‘creative hub’ for small businesses

Kirsty has been a childminder in the Wakefield district for over six years.

'Make a difference' in 2026 and become a childminder in Wakefield

Work underway on £5m green technology upgrade at leisure centre
Work to install decarbonising technology at a leisure centre in Wakefield has begun to make the building and its swimming pool more energy efficient.
Tony Gardner

A programme of activities will be delivered by the council and partners during the '16 Days of Action' campaign.

Wakefield Council to support of 16 Days of Action campaign

Calls to install more CCTV in public parks after concerns of public safety

Council to support Pontefract's Valeo sweet factory job cut workers

Coun Matthew Morley, Coun George Ayre, Trevor Watt and Aaron Gee from Blink

184 new public EV chargers planned for Wakefield following £680K investment

A Wakefield Council licensing review hearing is to held over Rovers Return bar in Featherstone.

Bar could lose licence over noise and ‘rowdy behaviour’

The measures available could include solar PV electric panel systems.

New £1.5m scheme to provide free home energy improvements across Wakefield

Discarded electronic cigarette vapes that have been collected from roads and pavements shot over a pale concrete slab background

How to handle battery waste safely: Tips from skip hire expert

More than 400 residents objected to an application to extend the life of a waste recycling facility at Hacking Lane, South Elmsall, by ten years. LDRSimage

Council refuses permission for “putrid” waste site to continue operating

Wakefield Council said the decision to dissolve Bridge Homes 11 years after it was established by the authority in partnership with a social housing provider was taken due to “challenging” market conditions.

‘Ending on a high’: Council agrees to wind up affordable housing company

Pontefract's first Young Traders Market will take place on June 21. Picture: Scott Merrylees

Pontefract's first Young Traders Market to take place in June

Left to right: Pupil Imogen, headteacher Michael Walker, Grace, Helen Clough, Business Manager, Poppy, George and Ben.

First Wakefield school gets solar panels as part of a £2m investment
A scheme to provide renewable energy to power classrooms by installing solar panels at schools across the district is now underway.
Leanne Clarke

Aerial shot of houses.

Find out how much your council tax will go up from April 1

Rubbish piled up on Beach Road in Sparkhill Birmingham

Watch: Rubbish piles up in streets as bin strike enters third week

The owner of a dog grooming business has challenged a council enforcement notice banning the exercising of animals at a former farm in Wragby, Wakefield.

Doggy daycare business to challenge exercise ban over barking claims

'Council spent £16m on a bridge to nowhere. It's a dangerous mess'

£16m bridge leads to 'dangerous' deep mud...it looks like a warzone

A car dealer must pay more than £9,000 in fines and costs after a visitor to his premises was seriously injured when he fell down an unprotected drop.

Man falls down 6ft drop and gets 'seriously' injured at car dealership

A road left so badly damaged by a landslip it was closed to cars can't be fixed properly - as it's still moving a YEAR later.

Britain's 'wonkiest road' destroyed by landslip finally set to reopen

Land Rover driver rams workman after ignoring road closure

Land Rover driver rams workman and sends him 'flying into a bush'

Wakefield councillors are to consider options on how to accommodate the growing number of children and young people in care.

Wakefield children in care: Council to consider rise in placement numbers

Between January 2023 and June 2024, nearly 5,000 dogs and over 20,000 cats were reported missing.

How to find a missing dog: 6 tips on what to do if your dog gets lost

Worcester City Council insists the tree in Columbia Drive poses no immediate risk and has issued a protection order for it. Inset: Chris Davis

'Menacing' 100ft tree could crush my home but council won't chop it

Peter and Patricia Clarke outside their home in Grange Park, Swindon, which has been flooded 20 times over the past three years.

Our home has flooded 20 times...it's like Niagara Falls when it rains

Colliery Memorial Wheel and Garden at Upton Country Park

Local resident steps up to restore neglected Upton Memorial

The council is asking Wakefield residents for their views on upcoming Council Tax Support scheme changes.

Wakefield Council asks for feedback on upcoming Council Tax Support scheme

Before-and-after pictures show how a house of horrors which was turned into a makeshift dump has finally been cleared of rubbish after more than a year.

Makeshift tip FINALLY cleared as nightmare neighbour evicted

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Nightmare tenant with rubbish dump in front garden gets EVICTED

The aftermath of the blaze at the Bristol Avenue tip

Video shows devastating tip blaze caused by a single e-bike battery

Phil Austin has built a lighthouse in the middle of Salford - 30 miles away from the nearest coast.

I was refused planning permission for a home...so I built a LIGHTHOUSE

Furious resident Douglas Debnam on Whitebarns Lane in the village of Furneaux Phelham in Hertfordshire, is embroiled in Britain's longest running pothole row.

Our council want £100k to fix road with 32 potholes...we're furious!

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Next door has a rubbish dump in the garden...it's making our kids sick

Betty Calloway (90) from Stirchley, who has issues with an overgrown council hedge that has turned her dream move into a nightmare.

Overgrown hedge is 'swallowing' my garden...I'm fuming

Retired bank worker, Nick Wisniewski, 66, is the last person living on 'Britain's loneliest street' which is all due to be knocked down - but he's refusing to move.

'I'm not moving!' Council move to evict man on derelict estate

School classroom.

Watch: School absence fines rise details explained

Video grab of a rat infested alleyway off Franciscan Road in Tooting, south London. October 2 2024.

I passed a swarm of rats on the school run...it was disgusting!

Wakefield Council has confirmed the scheme to increase the number of pitches at Heath Common has been halted as part of spending cuts.

Council halts £5.8m plan to extend traveller site at Heath Common

West Sussex landscaper Harry Smith-Haggett, 22, has been filling in Horsham's potholes with flowers dubbed 'pretty potholes'.

'I made my roads pretty!' Pothole flowerbed service goes viral

College Grove, Wakefield.

Council agrees HMO clampdown on ‘rogue landlords’

Marshal Craig, one of the last remaining residents on Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow which is almost deserted.

'I'm not moving!' - Man refuses to leave derelict 'Chernobyl' estate

A desperate man claims a council is doing "nothing" after his mould-ridden flat left a relative hospitalised.

Inside our mould-ridden council flat which left a relative in hospital

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