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Health Secretary Yvette Cooper leaves following a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London.

Man handed suspended sentence after calling MP a 'baby killer'
A man who targeted MPs with abusive messages calling them “baby killers” has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Pontefract town centre

'Forgotten Communities Fund' - The ten Wakefield areas set to get funding boost

End of an era as Yorkshire fashion shop set to close after almost 50 years

End of an era as fashion shop set to close after almost 50 years

BACK AT IT: James Willstrop made a welcome return to the court when helping Pontefract 2 overcome Cleethorpes. Picture: Stephen Pond/Getty Images

Pontefract and Queen's warm-up for showdown in top style

Chancellor John Healey holds out the famous red Budget Box in Downing Street, ahead of revealing its contents to the Commons. Picture: Henry Nicholls

John Healey has committed highway robbery on savers

Pontefract Swimming Pool on Stuart Road closed in 2021.

Offer made to buy former Yorkshire swimming pool site left vacant for five years

The four men have been sentenced

Five men sentenced over £420,000 drugs operation in Pontefract

“I run Farmer Copleys - here's how to carve a pumpkin masterpiece this Halloween”

“I run Farmer Copleys - here's how to carve a pumpkin masterpiece”

Yew Tree Walk in Knottingley

Young man denies murdering elderly woman in Yorkshire house fire

Britain's Max Litchfield poses with his bronze medal on the podium of the men's 400m individual medley swimming event during the LEN European Aquatics Championships at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis (Picture: JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP via Getty Images)

Max Litchfield gains Paris revenge with European Championships bronze

MORE OF THE SAME, PLEASE: The Good Biscuit (right) ridden by Joanna Mason wins the William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap at Pontefract in October last year. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA

Hat-trick of wins beckons for The Good Biscuit at Pontefract

EDGED OUT: Pontefract's Max Litchfield, pictured competing in the men's 400m Individual Medley heat at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA.

Litchfield switches focus to Paris after Glasgow frustrations

SMART RIDE: Park Lane Penny wins the The Don't Miss Summer Family Days @thirskraces Classified Stakes for trainer Ivan Furtado and rider Tom Eaves. Picture: Hannah Ali

Pontefract launches Go Racing in Yorkshire Festival

Yvette Cooper, Labour MP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, and Foreign Secretary greeting one of the street entertainers Victoria Sponge, AKA Rachel Hyde. Picture: James Hardisty.

Best pictures from this weekend's Pontefract Liquorice Festival

Top ride: Radiant Beauty and James Doyle, right, hold on to deny Crystal Flyer and Andrew Mullen in the feature Listed Weatherbys Pipalong Stakes at Pontefract yesterday.

Radiant Beauty and jockey James Doyle shine in Pontefract's Pipalong feature

Thomas Tuchel (left) is confident Rice will be available to face Mexico (Nick Potts/PA)

List of Yorkshire pubs opening late for England v Mexico

David ‘Jacko’ Jackson hopes to raise £1 million for brain injury charities Headway UK and Head for Change by completing 100 ultramarathons in 100 days

Former rugby pro heads to Yorkshire for ultramarathons

Terry Adams

Grandad dies of prostate cancer after doctors delayed diagnosis

Dylan Maxwell, 28, repeatedly punched 25-year-old Luke Thompson causing fatal head injuries.

Door supervisor jailed after fatal punch left man, 25, dead

Chung Biu Yuen and Chi Leung Wai

Hong Kong spies jailed over ‘shadow police’ ops in Yorkshire

Kevin Sinfield seen during a previous 7 in 7 challenge. Picture by Olly Hassell/SWpix.com.

Kevin Sinfield reveals plans for final MND challenge
Kevin Sinfield will visit all 12 English Betfred Super League grounds in September during his seventh and final running challenge to raise money for motor neurone disease charities.
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Crown Court, Wakefield

Plans lodged for alcohol and entertainment permit at former crown court

Company directors and founding family members (l-R) Dale Begg, Michaela Martin, Jason Begg

Yorkshire Choice Homes boss explains name change

CCTV image of the suspect

Police appeal after rough sleeper suffered spinal fractures in attack

Max Litchfield competing at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships at London Aquatics Centre in April (Picture: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

‘It’s good to be back’ as Litchfield ends 12-year wait with Glasgow call

Maxwell (inset) killed Mr Thompson with punches on Front Street, outside a car dealership.

Off-duty doorman guilty of killing man with punch on night out

Luke Thompson (inset) was punched on Front Street. He died in hospital 10 days later.

Off-duty bouncer killed drunken man with punches in 'show of bravado'

The gang, led by Selman Hysa, and comprising of close family members and trusted associates, were involved in the industrial-scale production of cannabis

Gang jailed over 'industrial-scale' cannabis farms in Yorkshire

Rogerthorpe Manor hotel and wedding venue, near Pontefract. Google image

Owners of historic hotel and wedding venue withdraw plans to build padel courts

Planning officers said proposals to put ten shipping containers on the car park of the old Prince of Wales WMC, in Pontefract, would have a "significant detrimental impact" on residents living near to the site.

Shipping container scheme refused at former working men’s club

Market Street in Featherstone

Wakefield road closures as works hit Castleford and Pontefract

Arklow Lad holds off Havanah Rum to win the Ponte Premiership New For 2026 Hanicap Stakes race on the first day of the season at Pontefract Races. (Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe)

Arklow Lad holds on to land Pontefract's season-opening feature
The sun shone on Pontefract for its opening Flat meeting of the season where Mick Appleby’s Arklow Lad (15-2) won the feature five-furlong Ponte Premiership New For 2026 Handicap.
Richard Byram

The Old Bailey (PA)

Man accused of shadow operations had fake ID to ‘impress friends’

Leeds Magistrates' Court

Man in court over drug dealing offences at equestrian centre

Personal assistant Monica Kwong left Hong Kong in 2023 with her young son amid accusations of fraud, which she has said was a “set-up” by her influential employer, Tina Zou.

Young mother targeted by China ‘shadow police’ in UK denies fraud

Leeds Magistrates' Court

Former teacher charged with sex offences dating back to 1990s

Just champion: The five players who sealed a second successive Yorkshire Squash League title for Pontefract.

'It's not just about winning titles’ – but Pontefract prove no team better

UK law enforcement secretly bugged a “shadow police operation” to break into the British home of a young mother on behalf of China, a court has heard.

UK bugged Chinese ‘shadow police operation’ in Yorkshire

The scales of justice at the Old Bailey. (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)

Woman on Yorkshire doorstep unaware of ‘tentacles’ from Hong Kong

Wentbridge House Hotel

Historic Yorkshire hotel set to be powered by solar farm

Father-of-two Taylor, aged 18, was thrown from the car. He suffered serious head injuries and died at the scene.

Driver jailed after teen died after being thrown from car in crash

Yorkshire site where Adolescence was filmed to expand

Nuclear bunker on New Road, Badsworth. Image: MAS Design Consultants Ltd.

Scheme to rectify ‘unauthorised works’ at nuclear bunker approved

Bar Liquid, Shoe Market, Pontefract.

'Failed’ town centre bar set to become into beauty salon and flat

Water Lane in Pontefract

Temporary road closures planned for works across Wakefield district

Wakefield Council turned down proposals to knock down the former Premier store on Orchard Head Lane, Pontefract, to build four flats.

‘Oppressive’ - Scheme to demolish shop to build flats rejected

Wentbridge with tea and refreshment rooms to the left. Peter Tuffrey collection

The fascinating Yorkshire village home to aeroplane drama and a historic battle

Ultimate Thunder. Photo: Ben G Brown Film.

Ultimate Thunder's musical journey is a tale of 'underdogs defying the odds'

Kinsley Greyhound Stadium.

Community backs martial arts project at West Yorkshire greyhound stadium

Yorkshire-based Henry Boot has announced that it has now formally completed the sale of its construction division. Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Henry Boot completes sale of construction arm

An NHS sign at a hospital. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

The NHS could save a small fortune in stamps - YP Letters

Fox And Hounds, in Thorpe Audlin

Pub offering free roasts after 'significant issues' on Christmas Day

More than 650 residents have objected to plans to build 192 homes on agricultural land at Holme Farm, in Carleton, Pontefract.

More than 600 people object to housing plans near observatory

Upton Primary School in Upton, near Pontefract

Plans to install more than 500 solar panels at Yorkshire village primary school

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to a children's centre. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

The Government is not being honest with the public - YP Letters

Plans to convert the former Barclays bank in Pontefract town centre into apartments and business units have been approved. Image: Ian Rowan

Historic former bank set to be converted into flats in Yorkshire

Ripon Grammar School was named State Secondary School of the Year in the North 2026 and State Secondary School of the Year in the North for Academic Excellence 2026

The best schools in Yorkshire according to The Sunday Times

Council to seek compensation over roads damage caused by A1(M) delays

The Wentbridge Viaduct on the A1.

Roadworks on historic viaduct to be completed before Christmas getaway

KEY ROLE: Commonwealth Games silver medallist Hollie Naughton played a key role in an 18-4 win for leaders Pontefract over Yorkshire Premier Squash League rivals Cleethorpes. Picture: PSA.

Leaders Pontefract aware of pressure from rivals

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