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Memories of Tickle Cock bridge naming row evoked as councillors agree to accept Castleford station revamp money

Councillors struggle to keep straight faces while discussing Tickle Cock bridge

The prized caiman has been removed from Wakefield Museum

Prized stuffed caiman removed from Yorkshire museum to return to Lancashire

Pontefract Castle

King Charles III coronation celebrations could be broadcast at Yorkshire castle

Stadium in Yorkshire to get £1.5m to replace ‘crumbling’ athletics track

Stadium in Yorkshire to get £1.5m to replace ‘crumbling’ athletics track

Residents have reacted with fury over a developer’s amended planning application to turn a former chip shop into a house share.

Revised chip shop housing plan branded ‘cynical’ and ‘abhorrent’

Sir David Attenborough admiring the Waterton Collection during a visit to Wakefield Museum in 2014

Top public school asks Yorkshire museum for return of taxidermy collection

Painters at work on the White Horse

Yorkshire’s White Horse of Kilburn painted for first time in 4 years

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Residents launch campaign to stop former fish shop being turned into house

Pontefract Liquorice Festival returns this weekend, celebrating the town’s heritage.

The story of Pontefract's centuries-old association with liquorice

Keir Starmer was in Wakefield recently ahead of the local elections.

Fourteen Labour officials resign en masse over Wakefield 'stitch-up'

The Conservatives suggested switching some streetlights off in parts of the district where residents have demanded it.

Tories at war as proposal to turn streetlights off after midnight savaged

Layla Baker of Lobby 1867 bar. Photo: Scott Merrylees

What to expect from Wakefield's Rhubarb Festival

The roundabout is used by thousands of drivers a day.

Revamp of 'nightmare' Newton Bar roundabout in Wakefield to go ahead

Freya Cox is among the stars appearing at the Wakefield Rhubarb Festival

Great British Bake Off stars amongst line-up for Wakefield Rhubarb Festival

Dewsbury Road, Lupset

5G mast WILL be built in Wakefield after government overturn campaign victory

County Hall in Wakefield

Police probe after 'vile' racist letters sent to four Labour councillors in Wake...

The council insists it won't consider late-night blackouts.

'We'll never turn the lights out after midnight' - council leader

Henry Moore's Two Large Forms pictured at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Competition intensifies over bids to become the next City of Culture

Many a homeworker has been frustrated by slow internet during the pandemic.

'Quicker to get on a bus than send an email': Pleas to address internet speeds

Welcome to Yorkshire chair Peter Box asked councils for a £1.4m bailout to help keep running in June.

Wakefield Council set to help bail out Welcome to Yorkshire with £78,000 payout ...

Ravenscar (photo: Ceri Oakes)

North York Moors to feature in BBC series about the British countryside
The North York Moors will be the subject of a new BBC Two documentary which covers a year in the life of the National Park.

Councillor Wassell was first elected to Normanton Town Council in 1987 and served the town on Wakefield Council from 2012.

'A great man who made a difference': Tributes paid to long-serving Normanton cou...

The public reaction to plans for a link road around South Featherstone will have an impact on the decision to forge ahead with the proposals. Credit: John Clifton

'There’s no point in doing it if people don’t want it' - Public to have say on p...

A new charitable trust could help attract more funding to boost conservation work in the North York Moors National Park.  Pic: Mike Kipling

Moors trust bid makes progress

A North York Moors National Park sign at the foot of Sutton Bank

National Park may become a charity in face of cuts

Park fears traffic blight as bus service is closed

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Four held after Scarborough murder hunt

Youth on murder charge

The sealed-off seafront in Scarborough

Family speak of loss after nine held over resort stabbing death

Night sky video: Parks turn to dark side and strike back in star wars

Tourism drive to halt national park’s falling visitor numbers

Brakes applied to green way to travel in the North York Moors
A PIONEERING bus service which has successfully reduced the number of car journeys into the North York Moors National Park could be running a reduced service this summer because of cuts to its subsidy.

Salmon river power plans stepnearer as wildlife fears refuted

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