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TV wildlife expert Hamza Yassin is encouraging people to explore the outdoors

New research reveals knowledge of wildlife is declining, with 59% of Yorkshire l...

Marie - Part of RAGING!

A celebration of Yorkshire photographers and powerful narratives

The newly opened Wakefield Exchange (WX) will become home to some of the biggest, oldest, newest and most interactive games ever made next week. (Getty Images)

Games Weekend featuring modern and retro console and arcade games coming to WX

The Ossett branch of Total Fitness will see its equipment upgraded over the coming weeks.

Total Fitness Wakefield announces huge investment into new fitness equipment

I’m glad to be part of a government that is committed to real change, who have been clear in how the economy should grow, and who should benefit from it.

Jade Botterill MP: Delivering economic growth our community can really feel

Annalie Joyce raised £1,230 for the Spinal Unit Recreational Fund (SURF), by participating in a charity boxing match.

Pinderfields nurse comes out fighting to raise money for spinal charity

Northern has announced 50 per cent off their Advance Purchase tickets.

Popular train operator announces 500,000 half-price train tickets

Train operator Northern is appealing to passengers to remember their belongings when leaving the station or train. Photo: Northern

Northern reports most common items left behind on its trains

The Met Office has warned of snow across the UK this week.

Warnings issued as UK set for heavy rain, wind and snow this New Year

A driver was caught eating cereal at the wheel

Drivers filmed eating cereal and typing on tablet on motorways

Storm Darragh causes disruption and damage across the UK.

Watch: Storm Darragh causes disruption and damage across the UK

Chris Dancey was awarded Highly Commended as a New Pet Business at the Animal Star Awards in November for his work as a pet taxi driver in the Pontefract and Wakefield area. Picture: Andy Doherty Photography

Animal Star Awards: local pet taxi driver recognised for service to community

Winter Illuminations at Stockeld Park

Stockeld Park launches Yorkshire’s biggest Christmas experience with unique Sant...

Omaze latest house giveaway is a Hollywood style mansion in The Wirral

Gorgeous Omaze Wirral £3m home giveaway all you need to know

GreenTech Gathering organisers Mary Martin and Arran Baker with awards judges in Leeds

Yorkshire-based sustainability network wins Facilitator of the Year.

Leeds City Council received more than 900 public objections to a planned Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) near Allerton Bywater. (pic Google)

Plans for an energy storage plant on green belt land withdrawn
Controversial plans for an energy storage plant on green belt land near a West Yorkshire village have been withdrawn.
Don Mort

Sam Kennedy at a previous Model Railway exhibition.

Model railway exhibition ready to make tracks into Wakefield

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British Business Bank names new Director for Midlands and North of England

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Premises/land needed for Hedgehog Rescue expansion

Author SJ Bradley in Wakefield city centre. Bradley's short story collection Maps of Imaginary Towns will be available from September 26. Picture: Scott Merrylees

Wakefield author to release story collection exploring Northern austerity

Members of the public relax on the beach in hot weather in Cleethorpes, north east England.

Watch: Temperatures could reach 34°C in UK in coming days

Bush Tyres

One of UK’s leading independent tyre specialists opens second site in Wakefield

Deputy business editor of the Yorkshire Post, Gregg Wright, chairs the opening session with Jim Davison, Rachel Abbott and Joseph Woodhead at last year's Advanced Manufacturing Conference at Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield

Advanced Manufacturing Conference returns to shape future of industry

To celebrate the opening, Johnson Tiles is giving the first 150 customers a complimentary tub of Palace tile adhesive and will be serving light refreshments throughout the day.

Wakefield to welcome Johnson Tiles as new retail outlet opens

Jet lag symptoms include sleep disturbance, fatigue, muzzy headedness and day time irritability. Photo: AdobeStock

Dr's Casebook: Causes of jet lag and how to minimise effects

Confusing financial terms have cost Brits an estimated £26 billion.

Confusing financial terms have cost Brits billions

Picture: Scott Merrylees

Wakefield's annual tulip show: 14 stunning pictures from the day
Brown beer bottles and stunning feather petal patterns are just some of the things that make the Wakefield and North of England Tulip Society’s annual show unique – take a look at our 14 pictures which captured the day.
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After 533 days at the RSPCA Leeds & Wakefield's animal centre, Zeus the dog has been adopted.

Loveable dog who spent over 500 days at the RSPCA Wakefield centre adopted

There are road disruptions across Castleford as Northern Gas carry out essential work.

Traffic disruptions as Northern Gas carry out upgrade work in Castleford

Will humans be replaced by AI?

84 per cent of senior executives in the North of England say AI will never repla...

The train operator says the roles are part of a normal, on-going process to recruit as and when existing staff members retire, earn promotions or join another company.

Northern set to recruit more than 300 drivers and conductors

Four-year-old Zeus has spent over 500 at the RSPCA Leeds and Wakefield's centre in East Ardsley.

RSPCA Wakefield launches appeal to rehome dog who has spent 500 days at centre

Whixley Village Hall

Yorkshire communities ‘Go Green’ for annual Village Halls Week

Claire O’Connor, Stacey Sampson, and Victoria Brazier play 3-sisters Isabel, Mary and Olive thrown into the Miners’ strike as Women Against Pit Closures in We’re Not Going Back.. Credit: Red Ladder Theatre Company

Hard-hitting musical comedy about Miners' Strike comes to Yorkshire

Maximising your property value by adding the right insulation and inadvertently creating an extra room with Sagars 365.

Maximising your property value by adding the right insulation

Avison Young and Watling Real Estate are marketing the former Wear Inns pub portfolio (The Milton Three Pub Group), which includes The Red Lion pub on Batley Road.

Well-known Wakefield pub up for sale along with 24 others

Barratt Developments Yorkshire West donated to Batley Food Bank in 2023

Get in touch: £1,500 on offer to Wakefield charities

Guests at the West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards 2023 at the Tile Yard, Wakefield (Photo by Gerard Binks)

Celebrate National Apprenticeship Week by entering our West Yorkshire Awards

Leonie Cameron’s pertinent textile work takes the form of a protest banner

New exhibition opens in Wakefield in celebration with LGBT+ History Month UK

Trying to keep out flood water. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Very few Brits feel they’re prepared for climate change

Watch London's first snowfall of 2024

Steve Halliwell died peacefully surrounded by loved ones, ITV said.

Emmerdale actor Steve Halliwell dies after 29 years playing Zak Dingle

Fairy Tale of New York at Bradford St George's Hall

Fairy Tale of New York St George's Hall, Bradford

Older, faulty or badly installed gas fires and cookers can be dangerous.

Dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning highlighted as cold front continues

Danny Malin is attempting to crack the charts.

Rate My Takeaway star Danny Malin attempts Christmas number one

The Archbishop of York held a launch event for Faith in the North at Dewsbury Minster

Archbishop of York hops on board ministry bus on tour of Dewsbury and Wakefield

Northern has issued a warning to hen, stag and sten parties about unacceptable behaviour as it launches its ‘groups winter sale’.

Northern issues a warning as it launches sale on group tickets

Britain’s Got Start-Ups will see numerous northern companies apply for up to £10 million in investments and funding.

Wakefield start-up businesses encouraged to apply for £10million investment

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Sam Kennedy at a previous Model Railway exhibition.

Model railway exhibition ready to make tracks into Wakefield

Brayden Clark is watchful in his innings for Castleford against Sheffield Collegiate. Photo by Scott Merrylees

Castleford's hopes of a Headingley finale dashed with semi-final defeat

How to get train tickets for as low as 50p, £1 and £2 in Northern flash sale

How to get train tickets for as low as 50p, £1 and £2 in Northern flash sale

Strike action on the Northern network

Passengers warned of rail strikes on Northern network this weekend

Industrial action by the RMT Union will take place this Saturday.

Northern issues fresh travel advice ahead of RMT strike on Saturday

Primark customers will be able to order items online and collect them instore

Primark expands online shopping service to 32 more UK stores