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The Latest Breaking News from Wakefield

Roger Kojan obituary

Other lives: Economic development officer with Wakefield council, in West Yorkshire

The Guardian - UK

Yorkshire estate known as world’s first nature reserve gets Grade II listing

Eccentric Victorian owner of Waterton Park, near Wakefield, made pioneering decisions to protect wildlife

The Guardian - UK

Groucho Yorkshire: Soho's legendary members club heads north

It could have been New York — instead it’s Wakefield

Evening Standard

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‘Why would we go to America first?’ London’s Groucho Club to open in Yorkshire

Private members’ club chooses unlikely location of Wakefield for inaugural branch outside capital

The Guardian - UK

Woman who died after fall from van in Wakefield named as Leah Senior

West Yorkshire police appeal for information over fatal incident as man, 25, is bailed pending further inquiries

The Guardian - UK

James Akers obituary

Other lives: Expert on the rare English florist tulip whose travels uncovered a new type of daffodil

The Guardian - UK

Hepworth, Moore and more: an arty weekend in Wakefield, West Yorkshire

With Europe’s largest sculpture park and galleries showcasing modern and contemporary British art, this former industrial powerhouse has a lot to feast your eyes on

The Guardian - UK

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Greg Eden and Castleford gear up for survival fight with ‘desperate’ Wakefield

Trinity coach Danny Ward called for his team to ‘walk the walk’ as crunch time looms.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian folk art, mysterious totems and AI plays spot the Raphael – the week in art

Maria Prymachenko stared down Stalin and is again inspiring resistance, mysterious totems appear in Llandudno and Wakefield’s new sculpture trail

The Guardian - UK

Gateshead puppy recovering from surgery after vaccine appointment uncovers severe heart defect

Maisie the ten-month-old French Bulldog became the first to undergo a life-saving heart operation at an animal hospital in Wakefield after vets discovered she was suffering from a severe heart defect

Chronicle Live

Catalans Dragons and Leigh lead exciting Super League campaign – what comes next

A furious battle is developing for the final two post-season slots.

The Independent UK

Tourist stunned to find 'very poisonous' scorpion inside his suitcase after Cuba holiday

David Judd named the scorpion Brian after he managed to catch it with a pair of litter-picking-style tongs and put it in a plastic tub at his home in Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Daily Mirror

Coca Cola summer shortage predicted as wave of strikes set to impact UK production

Unite say that hundreds of members working in a key Coca Cola production site will stage bouts of industrial action from June 8 - meaning that supplies across the UK could be hit hard

Chronicle Live

Cocker Spaniel saved by rare blood transfusion at animal hospital

The family took Harvey to Paragon Veterinary Referrals in Wakefield, where the hospital performed its very first platelet concentrate transfusion

Nottingham Post

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The Independent UK

Coca-cola supply at risk as UK workers set to walk out of Europe’s biggest plant

Unite members at the Coca Cola Europacific Partners site in Wakefield voted to walk out for a series of strikes from June 8

The Independent UK

Workers at soft drinks plant to strike over pay

Unite members at the Coca Cola Europacific Partners site in Wakefield voted to walk out for a series of strikes from June 8

Daily Mirror

Massive illegal 'Coronation rave' in quiet village 'sounded like Leeds festival'

Villagers between York and Selby in Yorkshire were up in arms at the loud music which drew crowds from London, Bakewell, Brighton, Leeds and Wakefield for the Coronation rave

Daily Mirror

Asda customers charged TWICE extra for food shop they did two months ago

A handful of customers at the supermarket chain's Wakefield store report multiple payments taken from their account from a shop they did three months ago - but to make the story more bizarre - the duplicate payments were from different Asda store

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Leeds Live

Leeds' most famous butchers Malcolm Michaels reveals plans to open new shop

Boss Malcolm Leary has revealed plans to open a new shop in the summer

The Guardian - UK

Amazonian love god a mockery of our God, say Wakefield Christians

Objectors say placement of lifesize statue near city’s cathedral is ‘disrespectful’, but artist says work celebrates love and hope

Daily Mirror

Woman haunted by 'innocuous' memory from childhood found dead in a Travelodge

The 36-year-old, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, had been living in Wakefield while working as an inclusion manager at a school in West Yorkshire

Daily Mirror

Hull KR boss Willie Peters remains concerned over Wakefield pitch despite inspection

Super League game at Wakefield Trinity goes ahead after yet another pitch inspection on controversial hybrid surface but Robins boss remains concerned for safety of his players

The Guardian - UK

Danish-Swedish far-right leader denied entry to UK to burn Qur’an

Rasmus Paludan wanted to publicly burn a copy of the book in Wakefield during Ramadan

Evening Standard

Danish far-right politician banned from UK over threat to burn Quran

Rasmus Paludan said he plans to burn a copy of the Islamic sacred book in Wakefield

Birmingham Post

Wakefield warehouse is latest acquisition for growing Gateshead property firm

MCM Group is continuing to invest across the north with the multimillion-pound Yorkshire industrial investment

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