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The next emergency alert system test is due to take place in the UK in September 2025.

Everything you need to know about Emergency Alert test

Simon Lightwood, MP for Wakefield & Rothwell welcomed the Government’s announcement, describing the new appointments as ‘vital’ and ‘desperately needed’.

Extra urgent dental appointments for Wakefield welcomed by MP

‘Healthy Hearts’ offering expert advice to tackle the UK’s cardiovascular health crisis

New publication addresses national crisis in quest for ‘Healthy Hearts’

UK Health Security Agency figures show 70 cases were recorded in the former NHS Wakefield CCG area in the year to March – up from 60 in 2017-18.

Dozens of cases of drug-resistant disease Klebsiella pneumoniae in Wakefield

Huge changes are coming to WhatsApp messenger app

WhatsApp now allows users to hide intimate chats - how it works

Rishi Sunak has declared his wife’s shares in a childcare agency set to benefit from budget amid investigation

Breaking Rishi Sunak declares wife’s shares in firm amid investigation

Liz Truss today sacked chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng. Photo: Getty

Fracking site renamed ‘Liz Truss Career Memorial’ on Google Maps

Major announcement made on NHS prescription charges in England

First News: A beary good idea!

The new treatment has officially been approved for use in the UK (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

What you need to know about new Covid-19 treatment sotrovimab - and how it works

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference after cases of the new Covid-19 variant were confirmed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2021 in London, England. UK authorities confirmed today that two cases of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant, which had prompted a flurry of travel bans affecting several countries in Southern Africa, were found in the UK. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Tighter rules on face masks and PCR tests for foreign travel announced

UK Government ‘not fully prepared’ for ‘wide-ranging impacts’ of Covid pandemic ...

Annual Covid booster jabs could be introduced - but no plans yet to vaccinate un...

Allegra Stratton said that an EV did not currently fit with her lifestyle (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Government climate spokesperson ‘won’t swap diesel for EV’

The move is part of One Britain One Nation Day on Friday, June 25 (Getty Images)

Government encourages children to sing this 'One Britain One Nation' song on Jun...

These are the rules from next week

Here is what will be allowed to open and what you can do in Wakefield, Pontefrac...
The Government has announced its latest relaxation of lockdown rules – easing limits on seeing friends and family wherever possible.
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The Government has announced its latest relaxation of lockdown rules – easing limits on seeing friends and family wherever possible.

Covid-19 in Wakefield: Lockdown updates as latest relaxation of rules confirmed

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Grassroots football guidance updated by the FA ahead of England entering step tw...

The Government has announced it plans to bring a Covid-status certification system into place in England, as part of the easing of lockdown restrictions (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here's how Covid-status certification will work in England as mass event trials ...

The Government has announced the first areas of the UK which will benefit from ultra-fast broadband (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the UK areas due to receive ultra fast broadband first - and when it w...

The Government’s catch-up programme for pupils impacted by school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic may not be reaching disadvantaged children, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Catch-up tuition may not be reaching the most disadvantaged children - according...

Education Secretary Gavin Wiliamson has not ruled out longer school days for children (Photo: Getty Images)

School days could be made longer and holidays shortened to help children catch u...

The Government is being urged to recognise long Covid as an occupational disease and set up a compensation scheme for frontline workers suffering from the condition (Photo: Shutterstock)

Campaigners want long Covid compensation scheme for frontline workers - here’s w...

The Government has withdrawn a ‘“stay home, save lives” advert after it was deemed as depicting women in a sexist way (Photo: Shutterstock)

This Government advert was withdrawn for its ‘sexist’ depiction of women

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Here's how the new 1-9 number GCSE grading system works - and the equivalent gra...

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Some at-home coronavirus test kits have been deemed not fit for purpose by the g...

Shoppers will soon be forced to wear face masks in England (Photo: Getty)

All the people who do not have to wear face coverings in shops from July 24 Group Reporter

File photo of a person using the NHS coronavirus contact tracing app. The Department of Health and Social Care has said the Government will abandon its efforts to develop its own coronavirus contact-tracing app in order to focus on technology from Apple and Google. Photo: PA

Government ditches own contact-tracing app to move to Apple and Google

Make sure you don't find yourself in trouble this fireworks season (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s how to make sure you aren’t breaking the law on Bonfire Night

One year on from government's pledge to bring in life sentences for killer drive...

Ticket touts targeted by fresh government legislation

Martyn Oliver, CEO of Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT).

Sponsors announced for eight more Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) schools

The academy chains which could take over schools currently run by a crisis-hit education trust have been named.

Potential new sponsors found for 21 schools offloaded by crisis-hit Wakefield ac...

Government reveals digital driving licence plan

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