Wakefield news from the Yorkshire Evening Post
Wakefield news from the Yorkshire Evening Post newspaper.
Education bosses in Wakefield are facing a £24m funding black hole for carrying out vital repair work on the district’s ageing schools.
A driver was warned today he faces a prison sentence after he admitted causing the death of a six-year-old boy.
Dave Marsh asks Hemsworth MP Jon Trickett, two years after being elected, what he is doing for you.
A schoolgirll from Wakefield will be part of a performance fit for a queen after being chosen to sing in a very special jubilee choir.
A 20-year-old man was found dead on a railway moments after a train driver heard a “loud noise” on the tracks, an inquest into his death heard.
A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a 29-year-old man in Wakefield.
Olympic fever is burning bright in Wakefield, with just a month to go until the flame is expected to arrive.
Dave Marsh asks Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford MP Yvette Cooper, two years after being elected, what she is doing for you.
A teenage driver was killed when he lost control in heavy rain and smashed his car into a parked HGV and a fence.
Golfers have rallied to raise cash in memory of an award-winning teenage player from Wakefield who died tragically young.
Wildlife photographer Paul Miguel was trying to count just how many swallows make a summer as he took this photo of the birds lined up on power lines above RSPB Fairburn Ings near Castleford.
Dave Marsh asks Wakefield MP Mary Creagh, two years after being elected, what she is doing for you.
A Wakefield music teacher and his folk-pop band have travelled around Yorkshire to record seaside sounds for a new album.
A GIANT mural takes centre stage at a new £5m youth centre in Castleford.
A Wakefield teenager who went missing from home nine days ago has been found safe and well.
Ancient tombs are among intriguing archaeological finds unearthed during major redevelopment work at historic Wakefield Cathedral.
The Hepworth Wakefield has notched up 500,000 visitors ahead of celebrations for the art gallery’s first birthday this weekend.
A father who killed his baby daughter was seen as a “model” father and there were no signs the child was as risk, an inquiry has ruled.
A TEENAGER from Wentbridge near Pontefract – who suffered fatal injuries in a crash on the A1 near Pontefract last Friday – has been named by police.
A former West Yorkshire CID chief is spearheading a family’s bid to prove the man convicted of their mother’s murder is innocent.
