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During construction work, tanks and a drainage area which serve the leisure centre and swimming pool were discovered underground.

Developer accused of 'virtually blackmailing' council

Coun Michael Graham and Coun Melanie Jones.

South Hiendley Park's £28K play area improvements complete

Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting

The fund is for working aged residents who are most in need with the high cost of living.

Council tax support for Wakefield households on lowest incomes to continue

The 11 dogs campaigners believe the council had euthanised (Lost Souls/Facebook)

Council seizes 82 dogs from sanctuary, sparking controversy as 11 put down

Amey team with Coun Matthew Morley.

Wakefield Council’s £21m LED streetlighting scheme now complete

The sculpture park is one of the Wakefield district's most popular attractions.

Solar farm near Yorkshire Sculpture Park 'not likely' to harm environment

The unit at Symmetry Park

Butternut Box shows commitment to Doncaster with 133,606 sq ft expansion

Ellis Anthony Gibbs dropping litter out of his car window in a car park in Hull. The teenager was fined £250.

Teenager fined £250 after throwing McDonald’s bag out of car window

Young mum, 22 horrified as Norwich council flat floods with ‘thick brown’ human waste

Mum horrified as council flat floods with ‘thick brown’ human waste

Communities can apply for grants of up to £50,000 to deliver projects that help their area become greener.

New £50,000 grant announced to help communities tackle climate change

Voluntary and community groups and social enterprise organisations will be able to apply for grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 to reduce carbon emissions in Wakefield.

Community groups to benefit from grants up to £50,000 to become greener

Children took part in the ceremony, and it was proud moment for parents who by getting involved in the scheme are nurturing a love of reading.

Happy faces as children graduate from Dolly Parton book giving scheme

Hannah Ingram-Moore and her late father Captain Tom Moore (Photo: Getty Images)

Daughter of Sir Captain Tom Moore ordered to tear down home spa

Wakefield Council has appealed for information after fly-trippers dumped debris outside residents\' homes on Denstone Street, Eastmoor.

'Disgraceful’ fly tippers blocked alleyway preventing bin collections

Jeremy Clarkson has won his battle with West Oxfordshire District council as permission to provide more parking at his Diddly Squat farm has been granted.

Jeremy Clarkson given green light for changes at Diddly Squat farm
The year long battle saw Clarkson’s Diddly Squat farm branded ‘a victim of its own success’

Wakefield Market is set to move from outside the Cathedral to Teall Way, bridging the gap between The Ridings and Trinity Walk.

Wakefield Market set to relocate permanently under major regeneration plans

Grandstand Road in Outwood will be upgraded with a 500m section of path between Outwood railway station and Junction 41 Industrial Park being resurfaced and widened.

Council to get £2.8m cash boost to fund cycling and pedestrian routes

Paul O’Grady: Comedian given freedom of the borough in posthumous honour from Wirral Council

Paul O’Grady given ‘highest honour’ in tribute after his death

All boat operations suspended from Bournemouth Pier

A Martin Lewis fan revealed how a tip from the consumer champion helped her secure a £8,500 refund from her local council.

Martin Lewis fan shares how they got £8,500 council refund

Council apologises for ‘error’ and ‘upset’ after entire car park of vehicles wrongfully ticketed

Entire car park of vehicles ticketed after council error

Local elections 2023: Where are they taking place in May 2023 and why isn’t my council having them?

Where are local elections taking place & is my council holding them?

Tactical voting could be pivotal at the next General Election

Local elections 2023: what will be voted on

Voters will be required to show photo ID to vote in the May elections

Government introduces new rule to vote in elections this spring

Ben Thornbury demonstrating 'crazy pothole golf' in Malmesbury

Man sets up pothole crazy golf course to ‘make a point’ to council

Millie used ChatGPT to help write an email to York City Council

Student uses ChatGPT to appeal wrongly issued parking fine
Millie used the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT to appeal to York City Council over a wrongly issued parking ticket

The council is also being asked to consider extending the speed reduction on all areas of high pedestrian activity, including high streets.

Council to debate introducing 20mph speed limit outside Wakefield schools

President Joe Biden has welcomed the arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Getty)

US President Joe Biden welcomes Vladimir Putin ICC arrest warrant

Full list of places that will see a council tax increase in April 2023

Councillor Jack Hemingway, cabinet member for the environment and climate change, said we are already seeing the effects of climate change and 'we have no time to waste.'

Wakefield told hold city's first climate summit

Nicola Bulley went missing on January 27

Nicola Bulley: Councillors remove contact details over harassment

A council-run multi-storey car park looks set to be build in Wakefield city centre ‘as a matter of urgency’.

Council looking to build multi-storey car park in Wakefield city centre

Wakefield Council is still waiting for government cash to enable the demolition of the old Crimea Tavern site as part of a scheme to develop the town’s waterfront area.

Council waiting for government cash to knock down Crimea pub

MI6 forced to close top-secret spy school after London location is accidentally leaked by local council

MI6 closes secret spy school after council leaks location

Jeremy Clarkson could be axed from Amazon Prime (Pic:Getty Images)

Jeremy Clarkson barred from selling his book at Diddly Squat Farm

The Banksy mural in in Lowestoft, Suffolk, after the skip was removed

Removal of part of a Banksy work has now left the mural ‘worthless’

Jeremy Clarkson has opened a restaurant at his Diddly Squat farm.

Jeremy Clarkson closes Diddly Squat farm restaurant

Leader of Wakefield Council, Councillor Denise Jeffery.

Wakefield Council leader Denise Jeffery reflects on 2022

Man receives one of first catcalling fines in UK after sting operation

Over 35 voluntary and community organisations, local schools, childcare providers and Council services, will be running free activities and providing a meal to all children and young people who qualify.

Council to offer free entertainment and food to eligible kids this Christmas

Senior councillors are being asked to cut funding to The Hepworth Wakefield but still pay £700,000 a year to support the tourist attraction.

Council aims to cut The Hepworth Wakefield funding but still pay it £700k a year

Snow wardens are needed to help clear ice and snow from pavements and driveways in the community.

Find out how to become a volunteer snow warden this winter

Wakefield Market Hall

City’s former market hall set to be transformed into exhibition centre

Councillor David Jones, chair of Wakefield Council's Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, said it is 'morally wrong' that social workers are being poached by agencies who then sell their services back to the local authority.

Recruitment agencies criticised for 'poaching' Wakefield Council social workers

The average motorist leaves their car running for 244 minutes every winter – gen...

The Old Golf House, on Heath Common.

Councillor says residents are ‘dismayed’ at £1m plan to demolish old golf house

Sandal Magna Community Academy.

Primary school handed over to trust after leaky roof dispute

Council Leader accuses Chancellor of 'political cowardice' over council tax

Wakefield Council Deputy Leader Jack Hemingway with the electric bin wagon which is being trialled for 12 months.

Wakefield Council electric bin wagon trial thwarted by 'charging faults'

Coun Maureen Cummings, Cabinet Member for Communities, Poverty and Health at Wakefield Council.

Wakefield Council shares plans to reduce hate crime

Carolyn Smith, Cheryl Whitehouse, Julie Woodcock, Esther Beresford, Sean Segal and Charlotte Khaira.

Wakefield Council wins double at the national Social Worker of the Year Awards

Wakefield Council Deputy Leader, Jack Hemingway, in an electric refuse truck, which is currently being trialled by the authority.

Wakefield Council set to replace diesel cars and vans with electric vehicles

Old Golf House, Heath Common

Council plan to spend more than £1m to buy then demolish historic golf house

Around 20,000 people in the Wakefield district are on the waiting list for social accommodation.

Council ‘never going to meet’ current affordable housing targets