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Inside HMP Wakefield, where Peter Sullivan was wrongly held for murder

Peter Sullivan has been freed from notorious prison nicknamed ‘Monster Mansion’

The Independent UK

Suspected crossbow attacker died from ‘self-inflicted airgun injury’

An inquest into Owen Lawrence’s death was opened and adjourned in Wakefield

The Independent UK

Suspected Leeds attacker died from self-inflicted airgun injury, inquest told

An inquest into Owen Lawrence’s death was opened and adjourned in Wakefield on Monday.

Evening Standard

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Leeds United fans to pay tribute following crash which killed three teenagers

The tragedy happened in the village of West Bretton, near Wakefield.

Evening Standard

One of three teenagers killed after car hit tree named as family pay tribute

Koby Jones, 18, from Flockton, was killed in the crash near the village of West Bretton, near Wakefield, on Friday.

Evening Standard

Three teenagers killed after car hits tree in Wakefield

Police said two other passengers were taken to hospital, one of whom remains in a life-threatening condition.

Evening Standard

Three teenagers killed after car hits tree near Wakefield

Driver, aged 18, and two 19-year-old passengers confirmed dead after collision on Friday night

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Where tourists seldom tread, part 13: three more British places with tales to tell

We visit Wakefield’s rhubarb triangle Britannia’s westernmost amphitheatre in Carmarthen, and Colne - home of Monty Python’s favourite cobblestones

The Guardian - UK

Man arrested after family and motorcyclists killed on A61 near Wakefield

Police appeal for information from anyone who saw a grey Porsche 911 being driven in area on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Wakefield horror crash: Man arrested on suspicion of causing deaths of six people on A61 near Barnsley

An 11-year-old girl’s entire family was wiped out in the collision

Evening Standard

Man arrested over crash that left six people dead including two young girls

Man arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after collision on rural West Yorkshire road

The Independent UK

Girl, 11, showing ‘unimaginable strength’ after tragic crash that killed family

A GoFundMe has raised more than £100,000 for Poppie after her parents and sisters were killed in a tragic crash between Barnsley and Wakefield

The Independent UK

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…

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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

‘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

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Evening Standard

Groucho Yorkshire: Soho's legendary members club heads north

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

The Guardian - UK

‘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 Independent 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 Guardian - 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

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