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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

According to analysis from property website Zoopla, 1.5 million homes across the region increased in value by one per cent or more last year. Picture: Aldeca Productions - stock.adobe

These are the Yorkshire towns that saw the biggest house price increases in 2024

SEW-EURODRIVE UK has teamed up with The Clothing Bank.

SEW-EURODRIVE UK partners with The Clothing Bank to tackle clothing poverty in t...

Andy Turner, SEW-EURODRIVE UK

Yorkshire manufacturer makes steps to reduce its impact on the environment

Farmers protest in central London over the changes to inheritance tax (IHT) rules. PIC: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Labour is stealing from farmers in the name of class warfare - YP Letters

L-R Back, Jacqui Milnes, (researcher) Debbie Waller, (researcher), Hayley Grocock CEO Wakefield District Sight Aid, Helga Fox, lead researcher, Susan Hawksley, (researcher) L - R seated, Olivia Young, (researcher) Sarah Cobham CEO Dream Time Creative/Forgotten Women of Wakefield

Funding boost for Wakefield's Forgotten Women

The former St John The Baptist Catholic Club, in Normanton, is to be converted into a dog grooming parlour.

Former social club to become grooming parlour and daycare service for dogs

Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Cente. PIC: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Prosperity of working class Americans will take priority - YP Letters

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street, London, with her ministerial red box before delivering her Budget. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Family farms will be destroyed by the Government’s vindictive tax - YP Letters

Ben Thaler recently hung up his whistle. (Photo: Ed Sykes/SWpix.com)

Thaler explains why only FIFA officials can keep up with Super League referees

James Scott and Liam Taylor

SEW-EURODRIVE UK boosts team with two new appointments

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater presenting the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle. PIC: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Why do religious leaders insist on prolonging suffering of humans? - YP Letters

West Yorkshire Police responded to reports a Castleford Road, Normanton, Esso petrol station staff member had been hit by a car.

Arrests made after Yorkshire hit-and-run leaves worker critical

Esso on Castleford Road in Normanton

Man in critical condition after being run over by Audi driver

A petrol station worker is in a life-threatening condition in hospital after he was run over trying to stop someone who was driving off without paying for their fuel.

Jonathan Pritchard

Stewart Olsen, CEO of ORB Recruitment. Photo: Shaun Flannery.

ORB Recruitment acquires construction and civil engineering recruitment firm

Evri launches new HGV driver training programme encouraging more females to join the industry

Evri heads in right direction for female HGV driving roles in Yorkshire

Ben Thaler will walk out for the final time as a referee this weekend. (Photo: Ed Sykes/SWpix.com)

Ben Thaler opens up on injuries as he reflects on refereeing career

Ben Thaler is ready for the next stage of his career. (Photo: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com)

Referee Ben Thaler to hang up whistle following one last game at Belle Vue

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

From: Dick Lindley, Altofts, Normanton.

The Yorkshire Post 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

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

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

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

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