- Plan to convert Pontefract bookshop into House of Ales craft ale bar retrospectively approvedby James Carney on September 4, 2025 at 3:34 pm
A planning application has been approved to convert a vacant former bookshop in Pontefract town centre into a bar.
- Emergency Alert test: everything you need to know about Emergency Alert – when and who gets it?by Matthew Mohan-Hickson on September 4, 2025 at 9:58 am
Remind yourself when the Emergency Alert test is and who will receive it 🚨🚨
- 35 Years of dedication – Yorkshire based NSPCC assistant director celebrates milestoneby Stephanie Bateman on September 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
From her first placement in a tiny Basildon office to leading services across the region, Debra Radford has dedicated her life to keeping children safe
- Blood Moon lunar eclipse: This weekend’s full Corn Moon to undergo total eclipse – how to see it in the UKby Amber Allott on September 4, 2025 at 9:35 am
Your next chance to see this unusual spectacle may be quite some time away 🌕
- Objections to convenience store licence over claims of underage alcohol salesby Tony Gardner on September 4, 2025 at 8:50 am
Residents have called for an application to sell alcohol at a Wakefield shop to be rejected over claims children have been able to buy booze at the premises.
- Yorkshire Water: Work to start on ÂŁ819K project to replace water mains in Woolley and Crigglestoneby Leanne Clarke on September 4, 2025 at 8:47 am
Yorkshire Water is due to start work on a ÂŁ819,000 project to replace around 2km of water mains at Woolley and Crigglestone.
- School-based nurseries: All of the Yorkshire schools set to offer new places – as Government expands programmeby Amber Allott on September 3, 2025 at 11:01 pm
The pilot promises a simplified school run for parents, and a seamless start to schooling for children 🎒
- Wakefield Council complained to Ofsted over children’s services inspectionby Tony Gardner on September 3, 2025 at 11:37 am
Wakefield Council complained to Ofsted over the way an inspection of its children’s services was carried out, according to a report.
- Pontefract Hermitage and Dispensary to be “brought to life” in new digital experienceby Catherine Gannon on September 3, 2025 at 11:23 am
A project to recreate Pontefract Hermitage and Dispensary as a digital experience is underway.
- New day care clubs to “change the way that dementia care is delivered” to launch across Wakefield in Septemberby Catherine Gannon on September 3, 2025 at 8:10 am
New day care clubs for people living with dementia will launch across Wakefield in September.
- For sale in Pontefract: Inside two incredible properties in Carleton, for sale together for ÂŁ1 million on Rightmoveby Kara McKune on September 2, 2025 at 1:56 pm
These two charming and unique properties, located in a highly sought-after area of Carleton, are currently available together on Rightmove.