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294 Articles
about 2 months ago
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MINERS’ STRIKE 40TH ANNIVERSARY: ‘Wakefield communities are no safer or better off all these year...

Communities were lost and former pit towns are no better off now than they were 40 years ago, a former miner has said.

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about 2 months ago
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MINERS’ STRIKE 40TH ANNIVERSARY: Police force involved in Battle of Orgreave calls for ‘independe...

A police force involved in one of the bloodiest clashes of the miners’ strike has called for an ‘independent assessme...

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about 2 months ago
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‘Unsafe’ Wakefield district care home where residents were left with unbrushed teeth and people w...

A Wakefield district care home where residents were left with dirty fingernails and unbrushed teeth has been placed i...

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about 2 months ago
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WAKEFIELD SUBMITTED PLANNING APPLICATIONS: Two new builings proposed for Hepworth gallery

Here are the latest planning applications submitted to Wakefield Council.

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about 2 months ago
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Tribute to former Wakefield Trinity and Batley Bulldogs player John Etty who has died aged 97

Former Wakefield Trinity and Batley Bulldogs star John Etty has died aged 97.

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about 2 months ago
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WAKEFIELD COURT REPORTS: Man stole £16 worth of bedding and £47 worth of pet toys

The following people people from the Wakefield district were prosecuted at Leeds Magistrates’ Court.

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about 2 months ago
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MINERS’ STRIKE 40TH ANNIVERSARY: Officer has ‘no memory’ of inappropriate behaviour by police on ...

Accounts of policing during the miners’ strike are dramatically different depending on who is asked the question.

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about 2 months ago
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MINERS’ STRIKE 40TH ANNIVERSARY: Battles at Orgreave and Fitzwilliam changed attitudes towards po...

As violence increased on pickets during the some of the most brutal battles of strike the resolve of miners became st...

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about 2 months ago
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WAKEFIELD PLANNING DECIDED: Business park extension plan and gas decontamination cafe-bar refused...

These are the latest planning applications decided by Wakefield Council.

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about 2 months ago
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Wakefield’s Pinderfields and Dewsbury and District hospitals told to improve by CQC inspectors

Hospitals in Wakefield and Dewsbury have been told to improve by the health watchdog over a range of problems with pa...

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about 2 months ago
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Wakefield equestrian campaigners want change afte rider seriously injured and horse put down foll...

Wakefield campaigners are calling for drivers to take more care after a horse rider was knocked off her saddle in a c...

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about 2 months ago
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MINERS’ STRIKE 40TH ANNIVERSARY: ‘We were brothers and sisters in arms’ – women’s vital role duri...

Women played a vital role during the 1984 miners’ strike and for many it was the first time they stepped into politics.

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