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A police custody picture showing a close-up image of a man with short grey hair on the sides and a bald head. He is wearing a blue and white checked top.

Man who abused girls over 35-year period is jailed

Steven Lee, 66, sexually assaulted children between 1987 and 2022, a court hears.

Artist Luke Perry with Councillor Stephen Vickers next to the pit wheel sculpture. The sculpture, with one red pit wheel and one in silver, towers over them. In the background there's a man in mayoral dress and a male voice choir.

Sculpture honouring town mining heritage unveiled

Hundreds of people attended the unveiling of the pit wheel artwork in Featherstone on Friday.

The Featherstone War Horse

Town's war horse gets new 'coat' of poppies

Animal charity Murphy's Army's volunteers hand-crochet 4,000 flowers to make 'coat' for sculpture.

A CGI rendition of the proposed development showing a modern brick building with a sign reading "convenience store" at one end and another which says "public house" at the other. The first floor is rendered in white with windows belonging to flats.

Pub could be reborn alongside new shop and homes

The pub in Featherstone closed in 2021, and was damaged by fire earlier this year.

An over the shoulder view of a man using a stethoscope and a blood pressure machine on the arm of another person who is sat in front of him

GP who discussed child abuse fantasies struck off

Huw Glover, who practised in Featherstone, is suspended and removed from the medical register.

Councillor Maureen Cummings holding a phone showing the Citizen Coin app, pictured with Abrar Nawaz outside his Silver Spice sandwich and curry shop in Wakefield city centre

Volunteer reward scheme expanded across district

Citizen Coin will be rolled out across Wakefield after a successful trial, the council says.

A single lane road with hedgerows to the right and some grass and a tree off to the left side

Battery energy storage site plans given go-ahead

Councillors vote to approve the energy storage site on farmland in the green belt.

The outside of a prison. A beige building with a slatted roof. The middle section of the building has a large square window. Pink flowers and greenery surrounding the prison

Prisoner mental health support needed - watchdog

The Independent Monitoring Board reported a 22% increase of self-harming incidents.

Barclays bank in Leeds sprayed with red paint

Seven in court after Barclays bank daubed in paint

The five women and two men are accused of conspiring to commit criminal damage.