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Pontefract Racecourse is preparing for its annual National Horseracing College Day.

Pontefract races: Preview and tips for competitive seven-race Wednesday card

Russ Piper pictured next to the Trust’s logo on the helicopter, with Geoffrey Boycott.

Yorkshire Air Ambulance receives £19,000 grant to continue life-saving missions

Barclays will close another 14 branches in the UK

Barclays confirms more high street branch closures across the UK

Castleford RUFC kept battling to the finish to earn a draw against Thirsk.

Steve Parkinson's last-gasp try earns draw for battling Castleford RUFC

Slazenger girls U10s were in action on the hockey pitch.

Maisie's sweet strike earns thrilling victory for Slazenger Ladies

All Creatures Great and Small inspiration: Alf Wight, also known as James Herriot

In pictures: It all happened to a vet!

Slazenger goal star Sarah Sykes.

Sykes at the double in impressive follow-up victory for Slazenger Ladies

Launch of activity packs for your young ones - download it here

Pontefract Monkhill railway station. Photo: JPI Media

16 Yorkshire railway stations to get cut of £20m accessibility upgrade

BAFTA award winning Three Girls actress Molly Windsor,

VIDEO PREVIEW: The Runaways filmed in Yorkshire hits the big screen

Boris Johnson gives a speech in Manchester

Simply splashing the cash with £3.6bn fund won't save our declining towns, Boris...

Karen whips up some meatballs in the caravan kitchen.

Bake Off's Karen Wright gets cooking in her caravan

The Government has been given more time to break the Brexit deadlock. Picture: PA

The words 'national interest' are finally being heard in Parliament over Brexit ...

Paedophile who swore young girl to secrecy is handed 12-year sentence

Allen was jailed for 12 years.

Victim of Ackworth paedophile: '˜I may never get over my ordeal'

There are a wide array of charities and rescue centres throughout Yorkshire which offer a variety of small animals for adoption and rehoming

Looking for a new pet? These 5 rescue centres offer animal rehoming and adoption...

There are a wide array of charities and rescue centres throughout Yorkshire which offer a variety of small animals for adoption and rehoming. If you're looking for a new pet and want to give an abandoned animal a loving home there's plenty of choice to do so.

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Make a fuss of your feline friend: 5 luxury cat hotels in Yorkshire

There are a wealth of hands-on jobs on offer around Yorkshire to get stuck into

9 ideal jobs in Yorkshire if you like working with your hands

Leeds United fans asked to applaud the life of 17-year-old supporter who died in...

North Yorkshire Police's highly trained drivers share winter driving tips after ...

The Yorkshire Air Ambulance will begin night flights

Yorkshire Air Ambulance to fly at night

Andrew in his home studio

An indelible impression

VIDEO: This dangerous wrong-side overtake captured on dashcam leads to ban for Y...

New YAA helicopter.

New £6m Yorkshire Air Ambulance helicopter takes to the skies

Yorkshire Air Ambulance's new helicopter almost ready to fly

Miles Cooper, a former hunt sabateur who went on various protests throughout the 1980s, but has now changed his views on hunting, so much so that he has become a master of Highmoor hunt near York. Picture by Tony Johnson

How a former hunt saboteur became master of one of Yorkshire's newest hunts

Afghan hounds Luca and Autumn on set of the filming of Wagg's dog parody of Dogglebox.

Third of dogs are telly addicts, research shows

The average dog now watches more than nine hours of TV a week '“ and Crufts is their favourite show, according to new research.

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Will the EU referendum outcome lead to higher or lower food prices?

Anne McIntosh: Trade with EU is vital to our farmers

Treating all creatures great and small in new TV show The Yorkshire Vet

Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Extra air ambulance cover during the Tour de Yorkshire