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The Mayor of Wakefield opened the new memorial garden.

Lofthouse care home celebrates reopening with special Remembrance Day event

Mayor Tracy Brabin with the pupils of South Parade Primary School.

Ossett primary school celebrates renewable energy with Mayor Tracy Brabin

Remembrance Sunday service in Wakefield.

Remembrance in Wakefield: Photos from parade to remember our fallen heroes

During their year representing Wakefield Council's Mayoral Office, Peter (left) and Darren helped raise more than £24,000 for the dementia support charity Memory Action Group.

Tributes paid to former Mayor of Wakefield’s consort Peter Davis

Cedar Court Hotel, on Denby Dale Road, Wakefield.

Wakefield Council passes motion to close asylum centres

A share of more than £400,000 from the Mayor Tracy Brabin's Safer Communities Fund has been handed out to 44 community groups.

More than £400,000 given to grassroots projects across West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin.

First look at new Weaver Network Buses as Mayor visits UK manufacturer

The Mayor will abseil down Wakefield Cathedral on Saturday.

Wakefield Mayor to take the plunge in Cathedral charity abseil

Normanton Gala

In pictures: Weekend of fun at Normanton Gala

Normanton Gala 2024. Picture Scott Merrylees

Gala to return with free family weekend of fun

Kevin Barker

Football club to honour late chairman Kevin Barker at special tribute day

Yvette Cooper MP at the opening of the new Castleford College Construction Centre.

Giving young people in our towns the opportunities they deserve

Communities across the district are being encouraged to apply for part of £50,000.

New funding available for walking, wheeling and cycling activities in Wakefield

Wakefield groups working to make their neighbourhoods safer are being encouraged to apply for part of £350,000 funding.

Wakefield groups encouraged to apply for share of £350,000

45 grassroots projects and local prevention initiatives have received a share of £500,000.

Half a million pounds given to local organisations at Wakefield ceremony

Disabled bus pass holders to benefit from free bus travel in Wakefield
People with disabilities will now be able to travel on Wakefield buses for free at any time of day.
Kara McKune

Newly-elected councillor set to become Mayor of Wakefield

Shoppers rush in as Prince of Wales Hospice opens new Pontefract superstore

The Combined Authority will host a ‘You Decide’ session in Wakefield later this month.

Wakefield residents to decide how £500,000 to tackle serious violence is spent

West Yorkshire Mayor, Tracy Brabin, will reinstate a direct link to Pinderfields Hospital and improve other Wakefield bus routes thanks to new funding.

New bus service running between Pontefract and Pinderfields Hospital to launch

At least one new artificial grass pitch has been proposed for each of West Yorkshire’s five districts.

Plans for new all-weather pitch in Wakefield announced

Disabled pass holders set to be able travel for free all day - Wwith early trial to start in Wakefield this May

Disabled residents in Wakefield to be first to benefit from free bus travel

Mayor Tracy Brabin is encouraging young people in Wakefield to sign up for 'The Mayor’s Young Communities Network' to discuss policing in the region.

Young people in Wakefield asked to share thoughts on policing

Administration-hit Featherstone Rovers given new licence after plea from fans

Live music proposals at Featherstone Rovers’ stadium backed by more than 50 fans

West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabinhas announced a new programme that aims to create better health outcomes and cut NHS waiting lists.

New programme to boost health through creativity to launch in Wakefield

Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, has announced a ‘People’s Fund’ as part of her ongoing work to create a serious violence strategy for the region.

Wakefield groups encouraged to bid for part of £500,000 to tackle violence
Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin has announced a 'People's Fund', where local groups and organisations can bid for a share of £500,000 to help reduce serious violence across the region.
Kara McKune

The Art House and the National Coal Mining Museum are two of 17 West Yorkshire organisations that have been awarded a share of a new fund.

The Art House and Coal Mining Museum recipients of new accessibility fund

More buses will run on selected routes across Wakefield on Boxing Day.

West Yorkshire Mayor announces extra Boxing Day bus services in Wakefield

Karen with Maureen Tennant King and her husband Terry

Karen Wright: A taste of Wakefield: Dining out with the Civic Society

Left to right, Lieutenant General Sir Tom Copinger-Symes - Colonel Commandant The Rifles, Her Majesty The Queen - Colonel-in-Chief The Rifles, and Colin Cranswick

Queen Camilla honours veteran for outstanding service

Debby Veigas has been named the Digital Champion Award winner at this year’s Hospice UK Annual Conference, recognising her outstanding leadership in launching the pioneering ReUnite wearable device project for people living with dementia.

Wakefield Hospice nurse wins national award for dementia safety project

Mayor of Wakefield, Coun Maureen Tennant-King with pupils and staff at Wrenthorpe Academy in the newly opened Friendship Forest.

New sensory garden officially opened at primary school

Members of the public observe the two minutes silence at Wakefield War Memorial on Armistace Day. Photograph by Tony Johnson

'We shall remember them': Wakefield honours the fallen on Armistice Day

The district is set to mark Remembrance Day.

Wakefield district to fall silent for Remembrance Day

AH - Unsworth Sugden - Pontefract - 31.10.2025-062 (L-R) Katie Charlesworth (Sales and Marketing Director of Harron Homes), Consort Terry King, Madame Mayor Maureen Tennant-King and Sarah Marsden (Regional Managing Director of Harron Homes)

Mayor of Wakefield cuts ribbon at Harron Homes showhome launch

Murphy's Army, which dressed Featherstone's War Horse in a coat of 4,000 purple poppies last year, has launched its annual poppy appeal. Picture: Catherine Gannon

Charity behind War Horse purple poppy coat launches annual campaign

Towns across Wakefield are marking Remembrance Sunday with memorial services to honour those who fell in battle.

'We will remember them' - Remembrance services across the district

Region's Mayor to offer free laptops to boost employment

The festival will again be a showcase of traditional outfits from across the world

Sheffield Lunar Chinese New Year Festival 2026 unveiled at city launch with week...

West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin welcomes the cash boost to support the building of more new and affordable homes on brownfield sites.

£20m boost to speed up builds of brownfield homes in West Yorkshire announced

Last year's event in Huddersfield

Reclaim The Night events to take place in Wakefield

At a meeting later this month, West Yorkshire council leaders will hear how an extra £40 million of funding would support key works to keep the mass transit project on track.

West Yorkshire’s Mass Transit and bus franchising plans accelerate

Mayor Tracy Brabin has pledged to build 5,000 affordable homes across the region over the next three years.

Mayor convenes regional summit to ramp up affordable housebuilding in Wakefield

Malcolm Chamberlain

Column: Pilgrim's Progress: Malcolm Chamberlain: Taste and see

Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin has teamed up with independent bus operator Globe Travel to help families get around the region in the summer holidays and beyond.

Extra Wakefield bus services in time for the school holidays

Residents across West Yorkshire will benefit from free upgrade work to reduce energy costs.

Wakefield households to benefit from free upgrade work to reduce energy costs

Mayor Tracy Brabin announced that the initial investment will go towards 83 primary schools which currently have no library facilities.

Investment for Wakefield schools as Mayor boosts ‘Libraries for Primaries’

Hilda Green with World Burlesque Day founder Sapphira

Tributes to be paid in Las Vegas to burlesque artist and WWII codebreaker

Tracy Brabin visited the hospice at the start of the month to find out about the project and the vital care provided by care staff.

Wakefield welcomes new tool to help people living with dementia

Wakefield Council deputy mayor Lynn Masterman, Mayor Maureen Tennant-King and council chief executive Tony Reeves.

Featherstone councillor Maureen Tennant-King becomes new Mayor of Wakefield

Wakefield Council has announced that Maureen Tennant-King is to become the district's new mayor.

Featherstone councillor to become the new Mayor of Wakefield

Mayor of Wakefield Darren Byford

Mayor of Wakefield 'attacked' with mace by eight-year-old girl

Long service awards to Lynda Taylor (right), who has dedicated 40 years of service, and Lisa Clarkson (left), who has given 25 years, presented by District Councillor Steve Vickers.

Celebrating 80 years of manufacturing in Featherstone

Currer Briggs Memorial Hall, Whitwood. LDRS image

Memorial hall built in honour of Lord Mayor set to be converted into house

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