Normanton

CGI representation of the new homes

Plans submitted for new homes in Wakefield

NEAR-MISS: GB's Nick Cummins gives the ball to Great Britain's Jamie Stead during the wheelchair rugby bronze medal match between Australia and Great Britain Picture: AP/Aurelien Morissard

Yorkshire duo switch focus to LA2028 after Paris loss

A view of a traffic junction in Leeds city centre. PIC: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire

Why has it been made impossible to get into Leeds by car? - YP Letters

Traffic is currently being held on the M62 in Yorkshire due to a lorry fire.

M62 traffic Yorkshire: Lorry fire causes huge delays on M62 with lanes closed

United Autosports were victorious in the LMP2 class at Le Mans. Image: United Autosports

Behind the scenes in Le Mans with Wakefield’s United Autosports

Brandon and Rhys Lacey

Major expansion for start-up: Yorkshire Gen Z founded window cleaning business

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a cabinet meeting. PIC: Paul Ellis/PA Wire

Why is the Tory party making it easier to steal land from farmers? - YP Letters

Work is expected to start turning Welbeck landfill site, in Wakefield, into a country park.

Yorkshire rubbish tip to be turned into ‘must-visit destination’

This street, marked in red, is for sale as a whole

Whole street for sale as family who live there say goodbye after 52 happy years

Michael Gove speaks outside BBC Broadcasting House in London. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

It’s astonishing that the Tories want to destroy Airbnbs - YP Letters

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss during the launch of the Popular Conservatism movement. PIC: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

PopCon is exactly what the Tory party needs - Yorkshire Post Letters

Newland Hall Estate lies in the valley of the River Calder between Altofts and Stanley Ferry.

Inside Wakefield's abandoned estate that was built by a 13th century king

Evri delivered a record performance of more than 150 million parcels over its peak festive period. (Photo by Kerry Harrison/Evri)

Evri delivered a record performance of 150m parcels over its peak festive period

Avant Homes West Yorkshire has submitted plans to deliver a £20.4m multi-tenure development comprising 83 new homes in the village of Altofts, near Normanton.

Plans submitted for £20.4m Wakefield development featuring 83 new homes

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaking at the Resolution Foundation conference. PIC: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

Why are Labour MPs blocking housing developments? - YP Letters

Junior doctors and medical consultants on the picket line. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Are junior doctors trying to deliberately destroy the NHS? - YP Letters

Nigel Farage being interviewed during the Conservative Party annual conference. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Time for Nigel Farage to lead the Tory party out of the quagmire - YP Letters

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at a party rally in Rutherglen. PIC: Andy Buchanan/PA Wire

Labour is trying to destroy independent schools - Yorkshire Post Letters

Some of the birthday merchandise.

Whitworths Sugar celebrates 40th birthday with launch of houseware products

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. PIC: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak is right to abandon idiotic green policies - Yorkshire Post Letters

Yvette Cooper MP

My Yorkshire: Yvette Cooper MP on exploring Yorkshire with husband Ed Balls

Politician Yvette Cooper, 54, the Shadow Home Secretary, has been MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford since 1997. She is married to Ed Balls, also an ex-Labour Secretary of State, and they live in Castleford.

Yvette Cooper

Welbeck Landfill Site

Environment Agency finds 'no evidence' of fly infestation at landfill site

From the book 'On the Tracks of the Thames Clyde Express' Photograph by Gavin Morrison.

The Yorkshire railway station which hosted presidents and royalty

A number of dead fish have been reported over the past week, including in the River Calder near Stanley Ferry.

Charity warns of 'incredibly sensitive' river after unexplained fish deaths

A search of the Altofts stretch of the canal following a similar incident in 2009 in which a car entered the water

Man in his 70s rescued from Yorkshire canal after driving car into water

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire. PIC: Robert Perry/PA Wire

Starmer’s housing policies aim to steal land - YP Letters

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. The party has said it will block all new domestic oil and gas developments. PIC: Robert Perry/PA Wire

Labour’s energy policies will lead to Britons freezing to death - YP Letters

FAST LANE: Richard Dean, owner of United Autosports Picture: Simon Hulme

Wakefield team keen to prove their staying power at Le Mans

Suella Braverman is the Home Secretary. PIC: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Braverman’s approach to immigration restores my faith in the Tories - YP Letters

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks to the media as he reacts to criticism of his appointment of Sue Gray. PIC: Rebecca Black/PA Wire

Why the partygate report now belongs in the bin - YP Letters

Empty fruit and vegetable shelves at an Asda in east London. National Farmers' Union (NFU) deputy president Tom Bradshaw has warned that shortages of some fruit and vegetables in UK supermarkets could be "the tip of the iceberg". Soaring energy bills exacerbated by the war in Ukraine have also put off some UK vegetable growers, he added.

Supermarkets must rethink their buying strategies to support farmers: YP Letters

World Book Day is on the first thursday in March.

World Book Day adds extra pressure to struggling families, says charity

While schools, pupils and libraries gear up for World Book Day, for some families it is yet another financial pressure as they struggle to afford to feed their family let alone buy one-off costumes, according to a Yorkshire charity.

Sophie Mei Lan

Lee Anderson is the Conservative MP for Ashfield and the deputy chair of the Tory Party.

Lee Anderson is just what the Conservative Party needs - YP Letters

Fred Spencer (front row second from left) from Featherstone was among volunteers of the International Brigade (pictured) who went to fight in the Spanish Civil War

The forgotten Yorkshire heroes of the Spanish Civil War remembered

Anne and Jane Hawkins and Bob Evison who fear a 700 year old skeleton could bankrupt Pontefract Archaelogical Society. Picture Scott Merrylees

Archaeologists left with £3,000 bill for 'illegal' burial of 700-year-old bones

Pre-heat ladle, at the Materials Processing Institute's Normanton Plant

Yorkhire plant to develop use of carbon-free hydrogen from steelmaking sludges

YESSS Electrical is celebrating after a year of successful fundraising for charity.

Yorkshire-based YESSS Electrical celebrate after a year of fundraising

It was a busy night for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Two people rescued after fire breaks out in living room of Yorkshire home

'I was astounded to read that our new PM Rishi Sunak is negotiating a major purchase with the US Government to obtain fracked gas from US gas sites.' PIC: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images

Buying fracked gas shows Rishi Sunak's failure - YP Letters

Area of Leeds could become part of Wakefield under new plans set for proposal

Area of Leeds could become part of Wakefield under new plans set for proposal

The jogger said the animal, which he described to be just below waist height, remained stationary as he tried to get its attention.

Jogger spotted ‘Big Cat’ in Wakefield countryside

Jeff Johnson believes this picture shows a big cat he spotted at Heath Common.

'I wanted to get closer' - jogger spots 'big cat' roaming Yorkshire countryside

Prime Minister Liz Truss makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Liz Truss would be justified preventing a rise in foreign aid - YP Letters

Work is underway to refurbish Normanton Market after the £650,000 project was delayed for months due to Covid.

Work starts on £650,000 refurbishment of Normanton Market after Covid delays

Attlee Court in Normanton

Yorkshire care home given ‘requires improvement’ rating for fourth time in a row

Fracking wells.

Liz Truss should get mining before we freeze to death - Yorkshire Post Letters

Whitby.

Holiday homes are good for Whitby - Yorkshire Post Letters

GNG Group.

Mattress division of GNG Group to create 50 new jobs following move to Normanton

National Highways will replace the central reservation barrier between junctions 30 (Rothwell) and 31 (Normanton) on the M62 from Monday, July 4

M62 to close overnight due to upgrades to safety barriers until August

All emergency services are at the scene

M62 reopens following incident but 30-minute delays remain

Pic: Gary Longbottom.

Victoria Prentis letter made me choke on my cornflakes - Yorkshire Post Letters

Drax power station. Pic: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire.

Time for Britain to become self-sufficient in energy and food - Yorkshire Post L...

Darren Potterton, managing director of GNG Group; Ross Tague, financial director; and Neil Kenderdine, operations manager

Jobs to be created in Normanton as work starts on 40,000 square foot factory

The decision not to build a new terminal at Leeds Bradford Airport has been criticised by passengers.

Leeds to pay heavy price as airport expansion scrapped – YP Letters

Warning over beer shortages.

Warning that pubs could run out of lager as beer delivery staff ponder strike

Is HS2 good for the UK economy - or not?

North’s rail services betray region’s history – Yorkshire Post Letters

The Original Factory Shop is opening a new store in Normanton, West Yorkshire, in a move which will create 10 jobs.

Original Factory Shop opens new store in Normanton

Trade kitchen supplier Howdens, has acquired Sheridan Fabrications Ltd (Sheridan), one of the UK’s largest suppliers of luxury kitchen worktops

Trade kitchen supplier Howdens acquires Sheridan Fabrications Ltd

What is your reaction to rising energy bills and the relief announced by chancellor Rishi Sunak last Thursday?

Stop green taxes fuelling cost of living crisis – Yorkshire Post Letters

Kind-hearted Tracy set the exchange up in 2020.

The school uniform exchange handing out up to 100 free items a week