Pontefract, England News

Workers at the Yorkshire Electricity Distribution Limited control room on Gelderd Road in Leeds will keep the power to our homes running over the festive period.

We all want to look special on Christmas Day. Watch as we dress three 55-plus real-life models in festive outfits from Marks and Spencer.

Bungling cops battered down the doors of two houses on the same street... but got both addresses wrong.

A six-year-old boy drowned after he and his brother plunged through ice at a frozen West Yorkshire pond.

A schoolgirl was saved by a TV advert a ' when she started having a stroke. When 16-year-old Marisca Le Roux felt unwell she recognised her symptoms from ads for the Department of Health's Fast stroke campaign.

A PENSIONER has been taken to hospital after a house fire in Castleford. Firefighters from Castleford and Pontefract attended the fire in a sheltered housing bungalow on Wellgate at about 5pm on Friday December 18.

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By Staff Copy A teenager's jail sentence for his part in a shooting has been increased by two years a ' just days after he failed to get his conviction quashed.

Santa and his sleigh made a special visit to a children's charity a ' thanks to staff and students at Leeds College of Building.

A MAJOR operation targeting those suspected of benefiting from crime continued to net arrests last week.

Tragedy: Six-year-old Ben Newell fell through ice whil playing on a frozen pond with his brother and friend A coroner today warned children not to play on ice after a six-year-old boy died falling into a frozen pond and his older brother was dramatically rescued.

Pete Vickers received a notebook and pen as a gift while undergoing rigorous chemotherapy, and scribbled down his thoughts.

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THEIR profession is celebrating its 150th year - " and mother and daughter Tina and Katie Walker say district nursing continues to make a difference to patients' lives.

RISING star Liam Goodaire is setting his sights on securing a Giants Super League contract on the back of another England junior call-up. The 16-year-old second-row forward from Pontefract is regarded as one of the hottest properties in the game and is making a massive impression on the Galpharm club's Scholarship Scheme.

CABINET couple Yvette Cooper and Ed Balls refunded A 2,700 of mortgage payments, new MPs' expenses released today highlight.

A SPECIAL party was thrown at a Pontefract care home this week for a resident's 100th birthday.

A HISTORIC by-election could see Labour lose overall control of Wakefield Council for the first time since it was formed in 1974.

HOME Office red tape threatens to force a young family living in Pontefract a ' including two British children a ' out of the UK.

A LAP dancing bar in Pontefract cannot continue trading after retrospective plans to change the building's use were thrown out.