News from the Pontefract and Castleford Express
Pontefract news from the Pontefract and Castleford Express newspaper.
A TEENAGER who raped a stranger in a secluded alleyway has begun a nine-year sentence.
IN this week’s Express we report on how controversial cost-cutting plans could see Pontefract and Castleford’s police station front desks shut at the weekends and overnight.
DEVASTATED grandad Colin Harvey – who had three heart attacks in January – has had the motorbike he was working on to help his recovery stolen from his home in Ackworth.
THE search is on for the Express Pub of the Year 2012.
FORMER Carleton High School student Chris Halton is flying high after completing the first phase of his training to become an army aviation pilot.
A PUB quiz team will put their knowledge to the test as they take on TV’s Eggheads.
EXCITEMENT surrounding the lighting of the Olympic torch in Greece was echoed by Castleford youngsters last week as pupils kicked off their own celebrations.
INDOOR market trader Alf Coverdale says he’s “furious” Wakefield Council is to close Castleford market hall for the Queen’s diamond jubilee bank holiday despite stallholders voting to keep it open.
THE family of murdered Castleford market trader Molly Wright has hired a former CID chief to help prove the man convicted of her murder is innocent.
A £10,000 lottery grant has been awarded to a group of community-spirited schools to celebrate the Olympics.
YOUNGSTER Zara McGuinness has been nominated for a special award after setting up her own charity to help struggling Five Towns’ residents.
ARTISTIC youngsters are putting the finishing touches to a new £5m youth centre designed to bring together teenagers from across the Five Towns.
BOSSES at Featherstone Rovers have submitted plans to increase capacity at the club’s stadium.
NETWORK Rail is carrying out work to the level crossing on Leeds Road in Cutsyke and the road will be closed from 10.30am on Saturday May 19 until 4pm the following day. A diversion will be signposted.
A COMPANY brought in to help cut costs at the cash-strapped trust which runs Pontefract Hospital was paid £1.2m in just four months.
GENEROUS staff at Barclays bank in Pontefract raised more than £400 for a hospital charity which supports bereaved families.
CASTLEFORD’s youngsters will be targeted as part of a £90,000 scheme to crack down on binge and underage drinking.
THE Duke of York made a flying visit to a Castleford factory today as part of a whistle stop tour of Yorkshire.
POLICE have named the teenage crash victim who died after a smash on the A1 near Wentbridge Viaduct last Friday.
WORKERS at Pontefract’s closure-threatened Remploy factory have stepped up the fight to save their jobs.
