The Latest Breaking News from Pontefract

ITV and BBC could not afford to make Adolescence, Wolf Hall director says

The four-part limited series, made in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, has received backing from the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2025

Rob Burrow’s funeral to take place at Pontefract Crematorium on July 7

The former England international endured a lengthy battle with motor neurone disease.

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2024

OPINION - London should be the best place in Britain to drive an electric car, but the state is letting us down

“Range anxiety? Why does it have to be range anxiety?” Just like it was for Indiana Jones and snakes, with prospective owners of electric cars the issue is always range anxiety. Worrying about whether you’re going to make it to Pontefract without stopping to recharge. But as someone who has…

Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2024

Newsboy's horse racing selections for Monday's four meetings, including Kempton nap

Newsboy reckons Real Stone (5.55) will be hard to beat at Kempton on Monday and he also fancies Cumulonimbus (3.00) to soar to the task at Pontefract

Daily Mirror · Apr 23, 2023

Aintree Racecourse shortlisted in three categories at the RCA Showcase Awards

Home of the Grand National has chance of more awards for their Community Initiative as well as Raceday and Non-Raceday Events

Liverpool Echo · Oct 6, 2022

Woman who took DNA test as a 'joke' discovers half-brother living abroad

Farrah Khilji-Holmes, from Pontefract, took the test after saying to relatives she was “nothing like” her family and to her shock the results revealed a close match with a man called Steve Bolton, who lived in Canada

Daily Mirror · Aug 23, 2022

ITV Emmerdale star Daisy Campbell 'shocked' to be stopped by police on Yorkshire night out

Daisy Campbell had been out in Pontefract celebrating her birthday.

Leeds Live · Aug 1, 2022

Man cooks bacon, eggs, and beans using heat from the sun during UK heatwave

Danny Haw, 30, from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, posted the funny footage today as a heatwave strikes the country, writing “cooking breakfast on a fridge in the English sun. Cooked today!”

Daily Mirror · Jul 18, 2022

Paranormal expert 'crying in fear' after 'tricking' famous ghost into posing for photo

John-Paul Newlands claims he tricked the Black Monk of Pontefract into appearing in a photo by taking a picture of him in the mirror - but sceptics say the image is just a light reflection

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2022

Newsboy's racing tips and nap for Monday at Pontefract, Windsor, Lingfield and Southwell

Flint Hill, at Pontefract, and Angle Land, at Windsor, are Newsboy's best bets from Monday's racing meetings

Daily Mirror · Jun 5, 2022