Wakefield East

Councillors have been recommended to approve plans for a housing development next to the Aire and Calder Navigation in Wakefield.

Concerns raised over plans to build 151 canalside homes at City Fields

Shabaan Saleem, councillor for Wakefield South ward. LDRS image.

Councillor accuses Labour of ‘cutting off debate’ as he quits party

Officers from Wakefield East have thanked those in Pontefract who helped find a missing boy.

Police thank community for help in finding missing child in Pontefract

Akef Akbar, who represents Wakefield East ward, said he will not be standing for re-election to Wakefield Council in May.

Wakefield Independent councillor quits politics

Akef Akbar said he made the remark in response to being accused of being a Tory.

Wakefield councillor sorry for calling Labour opponent 'scum'

The two motions will be considered at a full council meeting at 2pm on Wednesday.

Council to hold Gaza ceasefire debate

Glynn Humphries, corporate director for Communities, Environment and Climate Change at Wakefield Council.

Wakefield Council vows to get tough after over 3,000 reports of fly-tipping

Housing homeless people in city centre hotels is ‘unfair’ on families who have to witness street drinking and drug taking, a councillor has warned.

Housing homeless in city centre hotels at £75 a night ‘unfair’ on families

Wakefield East Ward Councillor, Akef Akbar.

Wakefield councillor offering free coats to children this winter

Independent candidate Akef Akbar says people are tired of party politics, and he wants to do things differently.

Ad Feature Independent by-election candidate urges voters to ditch parties

Daniel Hopkins - the Wakefield Youth Council member for the east of the district

Youth Council member Daniel wants to change the future for others

The issue does not affect this year's local elections, where a third of the council's seats will be contested.

All-out local elections postponed with boundary changes set to be delayed

Councillor Rowley was first elected to serve on Wakefield Council in 1980.

Long-serving councillor deselected by Labour Party after three decades

The travel centre at Wakefield Bus Station closed last year.

Arriva explains travel centre closure amid passenger 'frustration'

All seats will be up for election in 2024.

Wakefield to have first all-out elections for 20 years: Here's what it means

New councillor Akef Akbar, who after several years as a solicitor is now trying his hand at politics.

'I was told voting Tory is like swearing at your mum'
Earlier this month, Akef Akbar became the first Conservative since 1975 to win the supposedly safe Labour seat of Wakefield East.
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Akef Akbar won the Wakefield East ward for the Conservatives.

Shock result in Wakefield East as Conservatives make early gains from Labour

Care homes across the country are facing financial difficulties.

Often below minimum wage: 'shocking' salaries of care workers condemned

Wakefield Town Hall

Wakefield park set for £20,000 revamp

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is treating 100 patients a day more than it was this time last year.

A&E patients at Pinderfields Hospital invited to Pontefract for treatment becaus...

Campaigners say they were not given enough notice of changes to the retirement age.
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Changes to pensions may hit Wakefield women harder than other areas

Anti-social behaviour tops the priorities set out by the new police inspector in Pontefract and Ackworth. Photo: West Yorkshire Police

Anti-social behaviour tops new Pontefract inspector’s list

Redrow is building homes on the north-eastern side of Wakefield, near Pinderfields Hospital.

Redrow Homes accused of treating neighbours with 'disdain' around City Fields in...

Mr Griffiths is standing for election in Wakefield East.

Labour council 'dutifully imposing Tory cuts', Socialist Party candidate in Wake...

A new cinema is coming to the Ridings in May.

Security at The Ridings Shopping Centre to be stepped up when cinema opens

The couple had spent around 1,700 on their rented home.

Elderly couple in 'terrible state' after being given 'weeks' to leave rented hom...

Homeowners living in new builds in Wakefield could be forced to spend thousands ...
Homeowners living in new builds in the Wakefield district could be forced to spend hundreds of thousands on stopping their own houses being flooded, it has been suggested.
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Some property owners have drainage systems in their back gardens, councillors have been told.

Homeowners may have to spend 'more than cost of a mortgage' to stop flooding

Flytipping in Wakefield.

Taxpayers forking out Â£200K due to fly-tipping

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New mayor to help our burns unit

Fly tipping. Picture by Wakefield Council.

Wakefield taxpayer foots Â£200,000 bill for nearly 4,000 reports of fly-tipping

This year's election will be on May 3.

ELECTION 2018: Pre-election pitch from parties and independent candidates

Police want to identify this man after a biker was seen doing wheelies in front of other cars.

DNA spray to be used 24 hours a day in battle against illegal off-road bikers

Colin Croxall

Former council leader passes away, aged 86

Wakefield police seize five off-road bikes as battle against nuisance riders con...

Wakefield’s MYPs to tackle bullying in schools

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