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The Latest Breaking News from West Yorkshire

Girl, 9, and father killed in West Yorkshire house fire while sister, 11, fights for her life

There are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the fire in Heckmondwike

The Independent UK

Jenny Eclair backs £3.8m fundraiser to ‘save Hepworth artwork for the nation’

A museum and national charity wants to raise enough money to secure it for permanent public display in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

Evening Standard

Body found in urgent underwater search for teenage girl who fell into reservoir

West Yorkshire emergency crews hunted for missing girl for nearly 24 hours

The Independent UK

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Body found in search for missing teenage girl who fell into reservoir from dam

Emergency services were called to Baitings Dam near Ripponden, West Yorkshire, at 1.17pm on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Inside Rose West's lonely prison wife as serial struggles to walk

Rose remains an inmate at women’s only HMP New Hall in West Yorkshire and has since changed her name to Jennifer Jones

Evening Standard

As a Labour MP who voted against winter fuel cuts, I’m glad the PM has seen sense

Our voters wanted change, not more austerity. Will the PM and his chancellor apologise for the anxiety and stress they’ve caused?, says Jon Trickett, the MP for Normanton and Hemsworth in West Yorkshire

The Guardian - UK

Blunkett outlines ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ plan to fix railways in Yorkshire

He said Yorkshire’s Plan for Rail would deliver a huge boost to jobs, growth and new housing.

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Community comes together in wake of Leeds crossbow and firearm incident

West Yorkshire Police were called Otley Road at 2.47pm on Saturday following reports of a man seen with weapons.

Evening Standard

Counter-terrorism police investigating after two women injured in Leeds 'crossbow attack'

Officers were called to Otley Road at 2.47pm on Saturday and two women were found with serious injuries, West Yorkshire Police said.

Evening Standard

Counter terror police leading probe after two women seriously injured in Leeds

Officers were called to Otley Road at 2.47pm on Saturday and two women were found with serious injuries, West Yorkshire Police said.

The Independent UK

Woman charged over alleged Buckingham Palace bomb hoax ‘unfit to stand trial’

Diane Durham, from West Yorkshire, is accused of posting a message on X which suggested an explosive was being carried to the palace on a train.

Evening Standard

Mother thanks searchers as missing teenage girl and pet Cockapoo ‘safe and on way home’

Police confirmed Isabella Hayward, 14, who disappeared after going out for a dog walk, has been found safe and well

The Independent UK

Yvette Cooper Under Fire After Police Force Bans White Recruits

Yvette Cooper is facing calls to step in after it emerged that West Yorkshire Police had temporarily stopped white British applicants from applying to become police officers

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Full list of all the Post Office branches set to be offloaded – including in Scotland

The Post Office is offloading 108 crown branches, which are currently directly owned and run by the company. Here is the full list of sites affected.

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Mum Who Thought She’d Be “Fat Forever” Drops Nearly 6st After Bikini Panic Before Tenerife Holiday

Eleanor Brown, a 23-year-old mum-of-three from West Yorkshire, never thought she’d escape the cycle she was stuck in.

Evening Standard

Man admits murdering his partner at house in West Yorkshire

Wahib Albaradan pleaded guilty to the murder of Salam Alshara, in the Ravensthorpe area of Dewsbury, in November 2023.

The Guardian - UK

Prospect of £5 pint leaves bitter taste for some pubgoers

Some in West Yorkshire town of Otley think people will stop going out, while others are resigned to ever-rising prices

Evening Standard

Shoe fetish murderer should be moved to open prison, says Parole Board

Christopher Farrow was jailed for life in 2000 for the murder of mother-of-two Wendy Speakes in West Yorkshire in March 1994.

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Evening Standard

Proportion of workforce economically inactive because of sickness, by local area

Estimates range from 17.4% of the workforce in Clackmannanshire to 1.0% in the London borough of Lambeth.

Evening Standard

Man arrested after woman hit by car on driveway in Leeds dies

The incident occurred in Yeadon on Thursday afternoon, West Yorkshire Police said.

The Independent UK

Former England rugby league prop denies sexual assault

Danika Priim, of Keighley, West Yorkshire, declined to comment as she left court.

Evening Standard

Canal volunteers clean UK’s deepest lock in West Yorkshire

Tuel Lane Lock, on the Rochdale Canal in Sowerby Bridge, lowers and raises boats almost 20ft.

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s a magic about it’: UK’s deepest canal lock gets a spring clean

Every year, volunteers brave the icy Tuel Lane lock in West Yorkshire to clear leaves, litter – and pickled onions

Evening Standard

Third man charged with murdering mother and three children in house fire

Sharaz Ali, 39, is due to appear at Bradford Magistrates’ Court on Monday, West Yorkshire Police said.

Evening Standard

Mastermind of raid that led to Pc Sharon Beshenivsky’s murder dies in prison

Piran Ditta Khan, 76, has died in jail, a prison service spokesperson said.

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