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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

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

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

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…

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Paranormal Activity: Visitors Pay £75 A Night To Stay In Haunted House

Britain's Most Haunted House Draws Thrill-Seeking Horror Film Fans

Zenger

Newsboy's horseracing selections for Tuesday's four cards, including Pontefract Nap

Newsboy fancies the veteran handicap sprinter Summerghand to come good at Pontefract on Tuesday, and he also rates Donald McCain-trained The Big Jetaway in the 6.10 at Uttoxeter

Daily Mirror

Newsboy's horseracing selections for Monday's four meetings, including Pontefract Nap

Newsboy reckons his Nap, Unplugged, can score back-to-back wins by taking the opener at Pontefract on Monday and he also fancies Whataboutyeh over hurdles at Southwell

Daily Mirror

Catherine Rowntree obituary

Other lives: Ward sister who set up an innovative stroke rehab unit and later opened a nursing home for young people with neurological conditions

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Daily Record

Horse racing tips and best bets for Hexham, Pontefract and Windsor

Our man Garry Owen is looking to get your week off to a flying start with his selections

Daily Record

Horse racing tips and best bets for Southwell, Pontefract and Exeter

Our man Garry Owen gives you his tips for Tuesday's action in the lead up to Grand National weekend.

Daily Mirror

Racing tips: Tuesday Nap from Pontefract and selections for every UK race from Newsboy

Savvy Victory, trained by Sean Woods and the mount of Tom Marquand, is the best bet for Tuesday, April 5. Our tipster also likes the look of another runner at the Pontefract fixture

Daily Mirror

Mum, 44, wakes up unable to talk after going to bed with a headache

Kerry Tate, 44, from Pontefract used a pen and paper to communicate with her family and was taken to hospital, where a CT scan confirmed she had suffered a bleed on the brain

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