University of Leeds

Jack Hemingway, Wakefield Council’s cabinet member for environment and climate change.

Wakefield Council to get £1.5m for more EV charging points across the district

The Wakefield Arms in 2003 after its closure

‘Leeds would like to take the credit but Portland cement is from Wakefield’

Drawing of the Aspdin kiln used to create Portland cement and was located close to the current Wakefield Kirkgate railway station

New sample from pub may prove city bricklayer invented Portland cement

George Moody

Yorkshire Sculpture Park announces 2024 Yorkshire Graduate Award winner

Liz Bonnin. Photo: Stuart Wilson/Getty Images

Going Green: Plant now before extreme weather hits

Dan Charlton was standing in his back garden in the early hours of the morning when he saw a green light and heard a “whoosh” as the object plummeted to earth. SWNS

Homeowner finds suspected 'meteorite' after seeing 'green light' in the sky

The British Heart Foundation has relocated its Wakefield store to a bigger location

British Heart Foundation shop relocates to larger store in Wakefield

Leaders of Mid Yorkshire NHS Teaching Trust, University of Leeds and NHS England celebrate the announcement with colleagues.

Wakefield, Pontefract and Dewsbury hospitals become teaching trusts

Eat more protein to reduce osteoporosis fracture risk. Photo: AdobeStock

Eating more protein can help protect your bones

The Princess of Wales reacts as she meets with students and staff on the Childhood Studies course, during a visit to the University of Leeds.

Kate Middleton launches new Instagram account

Women's Rugby League has blossomed in recent years and many of the players start with the WRLA. Picture: John Clifton/SWpix.com

Women’s Rugby League Association ready for big kick-off on Sunday

Pinderfields Hospital is set to become a teaching hospital. (Picture: BDP)

Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals bid to become teaching hospitals

The less exercise you do, the harder it is to get going. Photo: Adobe

Dr's Casebook: Recent research shows the less you do the harder it gets

Wakefield children’s nurse lands health award

The Grade II listed building was a teacher training college for nearly 60 years.

Bretton Hall luxury hotel plans: Project will go ahead, developers insist

The famous building, once used to accommodate teaching students, has been empty since 2007.

Bretton Hall hotel development, next to Yorkshire Sculpture Park, hit by delays
Work to build a hotel next to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, on Wakefield's famous old Bretton Hall site, has been delayed.
David Spereall

Eating one rasher of bacon per day could be linked to increased dementia risk (Photo: Shutterstock)

Eating one rasher of bacon per day could be linked to increased dementia risk

The parent says they want to ensure their daughter lives "without the stress of laundry" as her schedule is "very intense". (SWNS)

Parents' bizarre job ad for nanny to cook and clean for their 18-year-old univer...

Kim Groves, who chairs the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Transport Committee

West Yorkshire transport bosses appeal to experts for suggestions on vital mass ...

Call for bosses to allow staff to nap in the office after clocks go forward

The plans could tie in with the arrival of HS2 in the region.

New public transport link between Castleford and University of Leeds proposed

Professor Anand Menon of the UK in a Changing Europe research initiative

Not tackling the domestic problems that led to 2016 Brexit vote would be a "betr...

Police bodycams provide 'valuable tool' in fight against domestic abusers in Yor...

Leeds is home to a number of local clubs and training facilities with triathlon specific aims

Why Leeds is a world class location for triathlon - and how to get involved

LOFTHOUSE PARK: A water colour painted by civilian internee and Bavarian artist Max SchnÃ¶s in 1915.

Shining light on park war camp

Bretton Hall

Next phase of Â£5m Bretton Hall redevelopment approved

Exhibition celebrates 10th anniversary of refurbishment
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Why your boss should let you nap in the office today

Poorest households hit hardest by UK climate change levy despite using least ene...

What you need to know about the tuition fee review '” and how it could affect st...

We need to talk about the social norms that fuel sexual assault

Stanley and Outwood councillor Clive Hudson resigns

Rushbond developer Mark Finch and Wakefield Council leader Peter Box at the site at Bretton Hall where the old college student accommodation blocks are being demolished to make way for a luxury hotel.

WATCH: Bulldozers begin demolition of former Bretton College student blocks

Rebecca Dowd, data migration assistant at Leeds University Special Collections, with a heraldic manuscript of the Horseley Family of York from 1659; and among the archives. Picture: James Hardisty

On view: How they killed Dick Turpin... and how to find a husband

Car crashes on bends in fog - solved

Big bang theory: Volcano eruptions didn’t kill off dinosaurs, say experts

Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire Mark Burns-Williamson.

West Yorkshire’s crime commissioner apologises after car crash

Law graduate who survived murder bid speaks after ex-boyfriend jailed for 15 yea...