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Girl, 11, left orphaned after family killed in Wakefield car crash

Shane Roller, Shannen Morgan and two daughters killed in one of two collisions in 24 hours that left 10 people dead

The Guardian - UK

Weerhoud at The Hepworth Wakefield: the spirit of dance animates Igshaan Adams’s reflection on South Africa’s history

To understand the history of South Africa, you must understand how the the laws of apartheid forced South Africans to live in assigned racial spaces. To comprehend present day South Africa, you must understand that even 30 years since my country’s first national democratic election, these racist and fascist laws…

The Conversation

Two young girls among six people killed in ‘absolutely tragic’ horror crash near Wakefield

Pictures show burnt-out vehicle and scattered debris after car and motorbike collided on country road

The Independent UK

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‘It wouldn’t happen to the men’: Wakefield AFC women’s team dropped

Players at non-league side said it was obvious club had no intention of supporting and developing the women’s side

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

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

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The Independent UK

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

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

Daily Mirror

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

Chronicle Live

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

Nottingham Post

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

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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

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

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