Pontefract

Poet Ian McMillan

Solving the mystery of the writing workshops - Ian McMillan

ON FORM: Pontefract's Patrick Rooney beat Doncaster's Simon Herbert in their Yorkshire Premier Squash League clash. Picture courtesy of PSA World Tour.

Dunnington edge ahead of squash rivals Doncaster in battle for top

A planning application has been submitted to Wakefield Council to convert the former Nevisons Leap pub into shops and flats.

Objections to plan to turn former Pontefract pub into flats and shops

63-year-old, mum-of-four, Wendy Sockett was left with a brain injury after a fall in Pinderfields Hospital.

Pontefract woman left with brain injury after fall in Pinderfields Hospital

Train enthusiast Billy Thompson 6, , at his local train Station at Moorthorpe near South Elmsall

Meet 'Trains Billy' - the six-year-old Yorkshire railway enthusiast

A Hull pub has gone viral across social media after starting to live stream their weekend karaoke sessions – as one young singer dreaming of stardom has been contacted by record labels.

Singers flocking to viral Hull pub which streams karaoke to over 50,000 people

Planning permission has been granted to convert the former Lloyds Bank branch, on Ropergate in Pontefract town centre, into a pub. Google image.

Former Lloyds bank in Pontefract town centre to be turned into pub

Rob Copley pictured with his wife Heather

Farmer Copley's: How tiny Yorkshire farm shop became a major visitor attraction

Huddersfield Town striker Kian Harratt, pictured in action against Cardiff City in midweek. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Leeds v Terriers: Pressure makes me play better, says Pontefract-born striker

Firefighters attended the scene of a fire in Huddersfield overnight

Almost a dozen fire engines battle huge building fire in Yorkshire overnight

British junior champion Jonah Bryant wins on his debut as Queens of Halifax continued unbeaten start to Yorkshire League season.

Squash set to realise Olympic dream as Dunnington & Queens share top spot

Emergency services are on the scene of a bridge strike on Doncaster Road in the Akworth area of Pontefract
Credit: Nikky Stevens

Major traffic delays after lorry crashes into bridge in Pontefract

Huddersfield Town striker Kian Harratt goes close to scoring in Saturday's game with Rotherham United. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Town striker on Mark Hughes, dominating Championship defenders and Sorba Thomas

The lorry fire on the M62

Image shows huge plume of smoke coming from lorry fire which closed motorway

Wakefield's George Heath, winner of the trophy for the best 36-hole aggregate, with, l-r, Simon Lax, Leeds Union's president, Laurence Wood, Yorkshire Union of Golf Clubs' president, and Barry Brindley, Wakefield captain. (Picture: Chris Stratford)

Lucky for some as Leeds & District golfers end long wait for title

Yorkshire and Hampshire lining up for a minute's silence to remember Sir Michael Parkinson. PIC: Allan McKenzie/PA Wire

Yorkshire’s match against Hampshire was memorable - Yorkshire Post Letters

More Wilko stores are to close. Picture: James Manning/PA Wire

Wilko closures: 11 more Yorkshire stores to close this weekend and next week

Rebuilding job: Jake Brady, Leeds Tykes player and general manager, at the club's new home of the Sycamores, West Park Leeds, where they hope to have finally bottomed out. (Picture: Tony Johnson)

'Leeds Tykes are not looking over their shoulders any more'

The Barley Mow Hotel, in Pontefract, has had its licence revoked after \'vulnerable under-age children\' were found being served alcohol.

Barley Mow licence revoked after police found children being served alcohol

A new Poundland store is opening in Pontefract this weekend

Poundland opening new store in old Poundstretcher building in Pontefract

A brewery wants to expand its operations at a historic Pontefract pub by adding an extension made from metal shipping containers. Henry Smith Brewery hopes the scheme at The Robin Hood will help establish its annual beer festival internationally.

Brewery reveals ambitious plan to extend historic pub with shipping containers
A brewery wants to expand its operations at a historic Yorkshire pub by adding an extension made from metal shipping containers.

Huddersfield Town’s Kian Harratt, who has signed a new deal. Picture: Steven Paston/PA

Terriers forward and former Bantams loanee signs a contract extension

'I wholeheartedly agree that businesses need to recognise that the last thing customers with problems or queries want is to have to navigate automated option systems, chatbots and recorded messages.' PIC: PA.

Customer service needs to work for the customer - Yorkshire Post Letters

Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield

Waiting list for treatment at Yorkshire NHS Trust reaches 55,000

Pinhole Wizard Bob Clayden with CoActive charity who modelled for the photos

Goodbye instagram, the art of ‘slow photography’ is making a comeback

Seventh heaven: YORK, ENGLAND - MAY 16: David Allan riding Tim Easterby's Copper Knight to win The Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap at York Racecourse back in 2019 - one of the horse's record-breaking seven wins on the Knavesmire.

Popular Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival launches at Pontefract tonight

Catterick Racecourse ahead of the Go Racing in Yorkshire Festival (Picture: Pool/Getty Images)

Go Racing in Yorkshire Festival raising the bar for Adrian Keatley

Pontefract Liquorice Festival. Picture: Andrew Benge

Pies, tea, and jewellery: Best pictures from Pontefract Liquorice Festival

Prince Charles visiting Dovecote Park in 2013

Meat plant in Yorkshire set to expand despite Green Belt fears

PROUD HISTORY: Barnsley have a good tradition of producing quality defenders

Ball-playing qualities catch Barnsley's eye as defender joins from Pontefract

Pontefract Liquorice Festival takes place this weekend

How this Yorkshire town became synonymous with liquorice

The Golden Ball. Picture by Google

200-year-old Yorkshire pub could be converted to cafe and flats
A planning application has been submitted to change the use of a 200-year-old pub in Yorkshire.

It’s time to celebrate Yorkshire’s liquorice heritage

Ad Feature Sneak preview: What’s on at this year’s Pontefract Liquorice Festival

The landmark windmill in Pontefract

New homes to be built close to 'landmark' Grade II-listed windmill in Yorkshire

The former HSBC bank in Pontefract town centre

Historic former bank in Yorkshire to be converted into bar and holiday flats

Easingwold Coronation Celebration Day was held in the Market Place. This is Olive; a Working Cocker Spaniel, one of the competitors in the Easingwold Coronation Dog Show.

Yorkshire coronation celebrations: Best photos from King Charles III coronation

King Charles III Coronations Celebrations in Hull. Pictured Alexandra Thatshaini, aged 30, from Malaysia, now living in Hull, celebrating the King's Coronation in Queen Victoria Square, Hull.

Crowds celebrate King Charles III's Coronation across Yorkshire

The Ice Co. recently held a recruitment open day to fill a number of permanent positions within its busy factory.

Ice manufacturer The Ice Co launches recruitment drive in Yorkshire

RMT members on the picket line. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Focus should be on wider issues regarding strikes not just pay - YP Letters

Landlord Guy is open to expressions of interest for a variety of uses

The Counting House, Pontefract: See inside Yorkshire pub dating back to 1400

The Counting House pictured in 2020

Counting House, Pontefract: One of Yorkshire's oldest buildings to be restored

A regional police underwater search unit recovered the body. Please not the image does not show exact recovery location. Image: Google Street View

Police launch investigation after body recovered from River Aire

Jon Trickett is the Labour MP for Hemsworth in West Yorkshire. PIC: Tony Johnson.

Developing on greenbelt land is a threat to our biodiversity - Jon Trickett

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

Pontefract Castle

King Charles III coronation celebrations could be broadcast at Yorkshire castle

Asia Harris, 18-year-old from Pontefract, in action

Meet squash protege from Pontefract who turned down Yale and Harvard

General view of dentist at work.

Pub manager awarded £17k after poor treatment from family dentist

Tomasz Lugowski, 48, died after swimming into Ardsley Reservoir

Delivery driver drowned in tragic accident at reservoir

Dementia has been described as one of the UK's biggest killers.

Dementia care plan needed but the Government stalls - Yorkshire Post Letters

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

Despite the best efforts of veterinary staff, the puppy became unresponsive and sadly the vet made the decision to put the pet to sleep to end his suffering.

Dying three-week old puppy found dumped in sealed plastic bags in Pontefract

Pontefract Buttercross and St Giles Church

Yorkshire nostalgia: Castle, railways and old town scenes from Pontefract

Haunted house: 30 East Drive, Pontefract.

The Yorkshire house which is home to the 'most terrifying ghost in UK'

Glasshoughton Colliery day shift workers emerge from the pit for the last time, 1986

Nostalgia: Looking back to the decline and fall of Glasshoughton Colliery

King Charles III at Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral. PIC: James Hardisty.

We don’t need a new constitution, just the watchdog to wake up – YP Letters

I used a slow cooker to make spag bol!

Karen Wright: Off on exciting trip to Italy by coach from Wakefield

Steve Wright (pictured) is combatting food poverty accross West Yorkshire throught his award winning Tiny Idea pizza van.

The Castleford-based pizza company combatting food poverty accross the region

The picture of the crash released by Highways England

Major traffic delays as A1 closed in Yorkshire due to oil spillage

Jake Rideout won the Peak District Highland Games

Yorkshire strongman scoops title at Peak District Highland Games

Ackworth School celebrating GCSE results

Ad Feature Ackworth School celebrate GCSE success