- Towns regeneration contest launched
- Lottery couple defend benefit claim
- Fire crews tackle Mayfair blaze
- Navy 'sends submarine to Falklands'
- Police control rival demonstrations
- Search on for 'cruise-fall' Briton
- Man arrested over teacher murder
- New cancer cases 'up 30% by 2030'
- House price confidence 'improves'
- Britain braced for widespread snow
- Five held in Syria embassy protest
- Court martial for WikiLeaks soldier
- Rhyming plea over library closures
- Widespread snow looms for weekend
- PM picks up shopping on way home
- Met and FBI call 'taped by hackers'
- PM accepts White House invitation
- I feel fantastic, says Robin Gibb
- Paedophile jailed over porn seizure
- Three die in Legionnaires' outbreak
News
Kids clean up school fields
YOUNGSTERS who were disappointed by the state of their school field rolled up their sleeves and got stuck in with cleaning it up.
Gig tribute to hospital
A CONCERT organised in tribute to a musician’s cancer fight will help nurture up-and-coming talent - as well as raising cash for the hospital that is treating him.
Cannabis farm found
POLICE shut down a cannabis farm in Havercroft after receiving information from the public.
2 commentsTalks still ongoing on the future of library services in the area
WAKEFIELD Council is working with community groups to decide the future of libraries in the Express area.
Hospital chief made a ‘scapegoat’ at trust
THE CHIEF executive of Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust - who resigned amid mounting criticism last week - has been made a scapegoat for deep-rooted problems within its management, Wakefield Council leader Coun Peter Box has said.
Sport
Blues boss hoping for squad boost ahead of Mickleover Sports test
FRICKLEY Athletic boss Peter Rinkcavage is keeping everything crossed that some of his walking wounded are passed fit to face Mickleover Sports in the crucial Evo-Stik Premier Division clash on Saturday (kick-off 3pm).
Countdown to Super League XVII - Amor fully committed to Wakefield Wildcats
PROP Kyle Amor insists he’s fully committed to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats despite signing a contract that allows Leeds Rhinos the option to re-sign him midway through the campaign.
Derby County’s Miles Addison still on Barnsley radar
THE transfer window may have slammed shut on Tuesday night but Barnsley boss Keith Hill hasn’t ruled out further bolstering his squad when the loan market reopens next week.
Barnsley prove there’s life without Vaz Te
BARNSLEY went some way to proving there’s life without top-scorer Ricardo Vaz Te by ending Derby County’s seven-game unbeaten run at Oakwell last night.
Wilson still confident of Hemsworth promotion despite Leeds Medics setback
HEMSWORTH RUFC fell to defeat in their top-of-the-table clash with Leeds Medics and Dentists on Saturday but head coach Mark Wilson is still confident his men can secure promotion this term.
Lifestyle
Gary’s in the frame at gallery
A STRIKING exhibition by one of Britain’s leading contemporary artists is being premiered at Leeds Art Gallery this week.
Duelling duo set for piano battle!
Ace pianists Craig Michael and Rob Russell have launched their Duelling Pianos at the clubland sector and the B&S Social Club in Featherstone is due a visit from this ivory tickling pair this weekend.
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Queen teen puckers up
PUCKER up your pout and hold onto your gym knickers because director Ryan McBryde is bringing the internationally popular adventures of a teenage heroine to West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Snap-happy pupils compete
PHOTOGRAPHY students at Leeds College of Art are competing for a chance to showcase their room in a new city hotel.
Community
Upton is an easy touch
It is an accepted fact that the village of Upton is always an easy touch for getting unpopular planning decisions through.
Fighting for fair pensions
The issue of Public Service Pensions has been very much to the fore in the media over recent weeks and yet there is one body of public servants who continue to be denied any pension whatsoever.
Better planning needed
I WAS born and bred in Hemsworth and have lived here most of my life.
2 commentsLetter - Thank you to stranger
I WOULD like to say thank-you to the gentleman who helped me when I fell in a pothole in Netto car park on Friday, December 23.
Letter - Allocation is illogical
I WOULD like to question the ethics of Wakefield and District Housing,
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Saturday 04 February 2012
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Heavy snow
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