Newsroom Archive

Wakefield Council is wishing Muslim residents a safe and happy Eid Al-Adha celebration on Friday.

​Ossett Library and Castleford Museum will re-open on Monday 3 August in the next stage of the Council’s phased re-opening of its libraries and museums.

​Wakefield Council’s Rhubarb Festival has been announced as a finalist at this year’s White Rose Awards.

​Wakefield Council has received almost £200,000 of Government funding to create temporary cycling and walking facilities across the district.

Wakefield Council is launching its Doorstep Discoveries initiative, highlighting fun activities and ideas for families this summer.

People in the Wakefield district are to benefit from a £3,000 donation to the district’s food banks.

​Wakefield Council is publishing a weekly dashboard to keep residents up to date with the most recent COVID-19 data for the district.

​Wakefield Council's Adult and Community Education Service (ACES) has been accredited to the matrix Standard, demonstrating the high quality information and advice learners are given to support the learning opportunities it provides to residents across the district.

​West Yorkshire Trading Standards' Cheap and Illicit Tobacco work, in partnership with the five West Yorkshire councils including Wakefield Council, has been shortlisted in the Public Health Improvement category of The Municipal Journal (MJ) Awards 2020.

​Traffic will once again resume on Northgate as Wakefield Council’s Leader responds to businesses and confirms the road will reopen on Friday 24 July.

A TV celebrity and former footballer is helping to boost Wakefield as sports facilities start to safely get back up and running across the district.

A local testing offer for Covid-19 has opened in Wakefield, to work alongside and to enhance the national programme.

Residents are being urged to protect themselves and others by staying alert to COVID-19, and to follow safety guidelines to reduce the risk of infection.

A ‘Covid Snake’ has been created in Ackworth by local children and adults with practical support from Wakefield Council to make it a lasting feature for the village.

Wakefield Council is supporting a new advertising campaign – ‘Today is the Day’ – which encourages smokers to quit today.

Wakefield Council has received a funding boost of £1.9m from Historic England, to support its multi-million pound plans to revitalise an historic part of the city.

For the first time in the history of the Census, there will be a question on service in the Armed Forces following a campaign led by The Royal British Legion and Poppyscotland and supported by Wakefield Council.

Wakefield Council is continuing to work with the Mears Group and Public Health England to manage the outbreak of COVID-19 at Urban House.

Gillian Marshall, Wakefield Council’s Chief Legal Officer, said: “Under Local Authority legislation, Alex Kear remains a councillor. Wakefield Council is powerless to remove him at this stage.

​Wakefield Council has been working closely with the Mears Group, who run Urban House in Wakefield, and Public Health England, to manage a small outbreak of COVID-19 at the centre.

​Leisure centres are to re-open in a phased manner starting on 8 August following the Government's easing of restrictions on indoor gyms and pools.

​The Council's libraries, museums and Pontefract Castle will start a phased re-opening across the Wakefield district from Saturday 11 July.

The response plan will set out the Council's proposed approach to business support, inward investment, skills and employment and housing and regeneration over the next six months.

The plans recommend that the published admission number at Outwood Academy City Fields should be increased from 150 to 210 permanently from September 2022.

​A major campaign to boost public confidence and back businesses across Wakefield has been launched as the district's hospitality sector comes to life.

Ambitious plans have been created to help shape the future of the historic town of Pontefract and Wakefield Council is now asking the public for their feedback.

Wakefield Council is reminding residents of the correct way to wear face coverings to help control the spread of coronavirus.

​Wakefield Council is reopening all of its play areas from tomorrow (4 July) in response to the latest Government guidance.

​Wakefield Council's Leader is encouraging people to stay alert as the lockdown rules around pubs and restaurants ease this weekend.

​Two party leaders are working together to help relaunch Wakefield's hospitality and personal care sector following lockdown restrictions being relaxed.

A number of news articles are reporting that the Wakefield district has a higher number of coronavirus cases than other areas and may be at risk of having a local lock-down imposed.

The funding has been secured by the Council as one of only one hundred other places to be given the opportunity to bid for a slice of the £3.6billion Towns Fund.

​Wakefield Council’s registration service is to re-start the registration of births and notices of marriages and civil partnerships from Monday 29 June at Wakefield Town Hall.

​Wakefield Council has been working closely with Public Health England, the Health and Safety Executive and Forza Foods Ltd to manage an outbreak of COVID-19, at Forza Foods’ Normanton site.

​Wakefield Council is re-introducing charges in Council car parks and on street parking areas across the district on 6 July.

Media reports are based on a very small percentage of testing data available in the public domain and when used in isolation provide a misleading view.

The companies, located in Castleford, Knottingley, Normanton, Ossett, Pontefract and Wakefield reported a combined gross turnover of over £4billion.