Wakefield will need to create hundreds of new secondary school places over the next five years to meet the rising number of students, according to Department for Education (DfE) figures.
Hundreds of children in Wakefield could be starting school this month without basic skills such as being able to hold a pencil or go to the toilet by themselves.
Around 15,000 fewer free dental treatments were carried out in Wakefield last year, with industry leaders saying a “hostile environment” is putting off low income patients.
They have been hit with high taxes, banned from some cities and demonised as an environmental hazard - but Yorkshire’s diesel drivers are adamant that their cars won’t become extinct.
