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Yorkshire sex offender who assaulted a young girl is jailed

James Smith with his family

Batley soldier's rare military medal to go under the hammer in Halifax

Jasmina Zapotoczna is set for a return to action next month. Image: Henry Browne/Getty Images

Wakefield boxer eyeing European title triumph - and a fight in Leeds

Sam Teale Productions team.

Local filmmaker’s powerful message against knife crime

The woman had to have a HIV test after a doctor performance an intimate examination on her with a used swab

Woman had to take HIV test after intimate exam performed with used swab

Kim Leadbeater appearing on the BBC1 current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Credit: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire

MP says UK’s political culture ‘has gotten worse’ since Jo Cox murder

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE: Members of Mount Cricket Club in Batley who are finding it impossible to get funding to help build a multi-sport facility for the area.

Yorkshire cricket club left in seven-year limbo over National Lottery funding

Keira Booth has gone missing from Haworth

Update: Police find 17-year-old girl who went missing from Yorkshire village

Aaron Mooy meeting Adam in 2017.

'Parents should ultimately be ideal role models to their children'

Here's why Batley has seen the second highest rental growth in Britain

Batley Bulldogs in action against Featherstone. PIC: Steve Riding

Batley Bulldogs are a credit to Rugby League - YP Letters

Protesters give a statement to members of the media outside Batley Grammar School in Batley. PIC: PA

Authorities let teacher from Batley down - Bill Carmichael

Liam Finn saw his Halifax side outclassed by Catalans. (Photo: Ed Sykes/SWpix.com)

Liam Finn calls for more Challenge Cup opportunities despite humbling defeat

Mark Moxon is chasing an upset against Castleford. (Photo: Pat Elmont/Getty Images for Rugby League World Cup)

Batley v Castleford - Moxon out to play on visitors' nerves in Challenge Cup tie

Helene Ghosh (centre) with the B. Braun HR team

B. Braun Medical Ltd welcomes new HR Director

Craig Lingard heads back to Batley as Castleford head coach just months after his departure. (Photo: Olly Hassell/SWpix.com)

Craig Lingard on Batley return, upset talk and Mount Pleasant mind games

Elizabeth and her family

Norland nanny says ‘keep going and stay busy’ on 100th birthday

Rohan Blacker, founder of Pooky

Founder of lighting brand Pooky reveals secret of his success and what's next

Molly before and after her surgery

'Extremely active' woman has leg amputated after waiting 16 hours for surgery

The Batley bullet: Leon Greenwood ahead of race for Great Britain during his first season as a competitive bobsledder, having initially been a sprinter. (Picture: Viesturs Lacis Rekords)

Meet Leon Greenwood, the Batley sprinter who became a bobsledder

Josh Hodson earned his Super League chance through his performances for Batley. (Photo: Castleford Tigers)

Josh Hodson ready to stake Super League claim after long road to top

Castleford Tigers new boy Josh Hodson is sensing an opportunity to become an established Super League centre under former Batley Bulldogs boss Craig Lingard.

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Luke Hooley is sensing a big opportunity. (Photo: Castleford Tigers)

Hooley out to become Castleford number one after season of growth

Letters To Heaven post box

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Dale House is a former church Sunday school building

Yorkshire prep school to close as parents 'unaware' building had been sold

Craig Lingard took the reins at Wheldon Road after a successful spell in charge of Batley. (Photo: Castleford Tigers)

Castleford to link up with Craig Lingard's former club Batley in 2024

Peter McVeigh (centre) and fellow members of the Worshipful Company of Lightmongers taking part in the Lord Mayor’s Parade on Saturday November 10

Amazing Yorkshire businessman given major City of London role

Chickano’s, on Commercial Street, opened in Batley in 2011

The Yorkshire burger takeaway planning to open a new branch - in Dubai

The changes would come in from January 2024 and would also be introduced for car parks that are currently free of charge in areas such as Lindley, Meltham, Slaithwaite, Batley and Cleckheaton. Pictured: Slaithwaite.

Council planning to remove all free parking from its towns and villages

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Samy Kibula has Super League experience with Warrington and Wigan. (Photo: Isabel Pearce/SWpix.com)

'Could be a really good pick-up' - Castleford land Samy Kibula

Craig Lingard has been at Wheldon Road since May. (Photo: Castleford Tigers)

Craig Lingard's first words after taking over as Castleford boss

Emergency services responded to an incident where a man was trapped following a wall collapse in Perseverance Terrace, Batley. Picture: Google

Horror as one dead and another seriously injured after wall collapses

One man has died and another has been taken to hospital after a wall collapsed in West Yorkshire.

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A general view of Market Place and Town Hall in Batley. PIC: Tony Johnson

Batley deserves credit for shoddy and mungo cloth - YP Letters

Luke Hooley spent just one season at Headingley. (Photo: Ed Sykes/SWpix.com)

Hooley excited about Lingard reunion after swapping Leeds for Castleford

Josh Hodson scores a try for Batley. (Photo: Paul Butterfield)

Castleford dip into Championship to sign Batley Bulldogs centre

Andrew Henderson's side have come from nowhere in the play-off race. (Photo: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com)

York stick with relaxed mindset as Halifax look to take care of business

Dewsbury, pictured, Huddersfield, Batley and Cleckheaton town centres are now the only locations that will get a council-funded tree

Yorkshire council will no longer provide free Christmas trees for public display

In a statement, Mr Pandor said leading the council had been "an honour and a privilege".

Labour leader of Kirklees council resigns ahead of no-confidence vote

Yaseen Fadal and Kim Leadbeater MP.

'This is everything she believed in': Jo Cox Way cycle ride sets off

BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated handout photo issued by the Jo Cox Way of around 80 riders as they begin a mammoth 288-mile journey from West Yorkshire to London. The riders, aged 15 to 77, and including 31 women, set off from the Princess Mary Athletics Stadium in Cleckheaton, in the Batley and Spen constituency, which Joe Cox represented until her murder in 2016. The Jo Cox Way/PA Wire

Dozens of cyclists set off on ride to remember murdered MP Jo Cox

Luke Hooley has had a frustrating start to life at Headingley. (Photo: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com)

Hooley targets Wembley first as he continues to play Rhinos waiting game

Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox was murdered in 2016. The Great Get Together is an event to bring people together in memory of her.

Great Get Together to build bridges in communities in memory of Jo Cox

Batley and Spen MP Kim Leadbeater.

Kim Leadbeater: Yorkshire MP seeks to represent new seat in next election

Batley Baths and Recreation Centre on Cambridge Street.

Batley Baths to close for good after customers were sent 'devastating' message

Craig Lingard will leave Batley Bulldogs at the end of this season. (Photo: Ed Sykes/SWpix.com)

Batley boss Lingard to juggle two jobs after accepting Castleford position

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How to do the Transpennine Real Ale Trail

FAMILY VALUES at Gateway Funeral Services, left to right, Bailey, Emma, Richard and Charlie Arnold

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Batley Bulldogs are unable to play on home soil tonight. (Photo: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

Batley given green light for late venue switch due to 'special circumstances'

Zak Patel runs insta-famous Pugata Jewellery.

‘Hidden’ Yorkshire jewellery company which relies on Instagram for its custom

'The MP for Batley and Spen, Kim Leadbeater, is spot on with her comments about fighting to keep our local swimming pools open'.

We should all be fighting to keep local swimming pools open - YP Letters

M62 West Yorkshire

M62 closure extended in Yorkshire because new road surface hasn't set

Hanging Heaton High Street

Villagers can 'see into bedrooms' of new homes built only 20 metres away

The team behind the Cellar Bar in Batley

Cellar Bar Batley: Management team aims to promote Yorkshire beers to commuters

Cellar Bar Batley: Delight from regulars after shock reopening of 'real ale trail' bar with date revealed cc Cellar Bar

Delight from regulars after shock bar reopening announcement with date revealed

A hug is shared at a Great Get Together event. Photo: Jo Cox Foundation

How Jo Cox Foundation is working to tackle loneliness in cost-of-living crisis

Batley and Spen MP Kim Leadbeater.

Kim Leadbeater MP says she 'never' holds open surgeries after sister's murder

Georgina Green, the woman behind Gracie’s Attic

Meet the West Yorkshire furniture restorer reviving vintage pieces

Kim Leadbeater said she will “never” see constituents without an appointment after how her sister Jo Cox and Tory MP Sir David Amess were brutally murdered. The Labour politician won the West Yorkshire seat her sister had once held during a by-election in 2021.

Kim Leadbeater MP says she ‘never’ holds open surgeries after sister’s murder

Jade Dews & Jason Tolson. The partner of a freight manager who died from a rare disease that “nobody has ever survived” has said she loved him “to the moon and back” in a moving tribute. SWNS

Yorkshire man died from rare disease that “nobody has ever survived”

Cory O'Regan celebrates following his win over Antonio Rodriguez last month. Picture: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing

Cory O'Regan eyeing a title charge after winning five fights in 12 months