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Jackie Walter, Kirsty Cronin, Hannah Standage and Harriet Gavan-Duffy.

Horbury volunteers raise thousands after crossing Great North Run finish line

Jacqueline Walter, Harriet Gavan-Duffy and Hannah Standage.

Horbury Breakthrough Youth Project volunteers to take on the Great North Run

Marie Curie's Great Daffodil Appeal with Chris Kamara newest fundraiser for the day, hitting the streets to drum up funds and support for the charity in Leeds Cente Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme 4th March 2025

Chris Kamara to take on Great North Run for Prostate Cancer UK

Aaron Daley and Jacqueline Walter ran the Great North Run for the Horbury Breakthrough Youth Project.

Horbury volunteer team completes the Great North Run

A sinkhole has opened in South Shields on Monday morning

Watch the aftermath as sinkhole opens on residential street

Great North Run veteran, Jacqueline Walter, Aaron Daley, a young man who has been a beneficiary of project help and his dad, Michael.

Volunteers from Wakefield youth project to participate in the Great North Run

Maria, Demi and Daniel with baby Delilah.

Watch: Woman gives birth in car on way to hospital

Mark Spence, Chair of the club, said, ‘We definitely had a great day in the North East, despite the extreme temperatures at the start and the biblical rain at the end. They’re definitely some stories to tell! As a club we are so proud to see the progress of many runners, and to have over 40 runners taking part in the Half Marathons in one day is a testament to how far the club has come"

Savvy Park Runrz look to future after enjoying success at 'best race ever'

Tributes have been left at Coverdale Pet Shop in Castleford market after the owner Alf Coverdale died, aged 76

Tributes paid to longest serving Castleford market trader Alf Coverdale who has ...

Former championship boxer Sean Hughes is walking 200 miles for charity.

Champion boxer Sean 'Short Fuse' Hughes is walking home to Pontefract for chari...

Callouts for firefighters to remove objects from people in West Yorkshire have hit a record high, figures show.

West Yorkshire firefighters called out more than 200 times to remove objects - i...

Firefighter callouts to remove objects from people in West Yorkshire hit a record high

Firefighter callouts to remove objects from people in West Yorkshire hit a recor...

Firefighter callouts to remove objects from people in West Yorkshire hit a record high

Firefighter callouts to remove objects from people in West Yorkshire hit a recor...

A Wakefield postman has made it his mission to make people smile, by completing his delivery route in fancy dress.

Wakefield postman bring smiles with 'brilliant' fancy dress costumes

Winner: Dexter Bennett won a title at a competition in South Shields.

Gold medal for Dexter, 5, at first martial arts competition

Team to tackle Great North Run in aid of Wakefield Hospice
A team of runners is hoping to cross the finish line of the world's biggest half marathon in aid of Wakefield Hospice this weekend.
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