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Pontefract

A railway poster from 1935 flanked by two modern designs by college students. The archive poster shows a painting of Withernsea beach, with white-on-black text reading: "Withernsea – new guide free from clerk council offices or any LNER agency". The poster on the left shows a painting of Sheffield town hall with the text "Sheffield welcomes you". The poster on the right shows an abstract sketch of Sheffield with the text "Visit Sheffield".

Students revive the classic railway poster

Stations around the region are displaying modern takes on posters from the 1930s and 1940s.

The front of a hospital building with an ambulance outside

Hundreds respond to maternity unit consultation

People are being asked to share their views on plans not to reopen Friarwood Birth Centre.

A still from a scene in Adolescence featuring a young boy talking to his father inside a prison cell. The boy has dark hair and is looking towards his dad, who wears a concerned expression. He has short grey hair.

Inside the film studios where Adolescence was made

Much of the hit TV drama, made by a Sheffield-based film company, was filmed near Pontefract.

The back bumper of a white police car. It has yellow and orange stickers on it and the word "Police".

Ex-police officers charged with child sex offences

Two retired West Yorkshire officers are charged with raping a girl under 16, police say.

Courtney Evans in a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask. She has blonde hair and is holding her thumb up to the camera.

Rugby player donates liver to save baby's life

Courtney Evans is one of the few 'living donors' in the UK and her liver will regenerate itself.

A61 junction with Jumbles Lane in Lofthouse, with the road fairly busy with vehicles. A black car is turning right, with a red car continuing along the A61. There's grass and trees on both sides of the road.

Leeds and Lofthouse road consultation progresses

The changes aim to make two roads safer for all users, West Yorkshire Combined Authority says.

A red car travelling along Sprockhoevel Way an A road with green bushy verges.

Man in critical condition after crash into bushes

The 62-year-old man was taken to hospital after his car left the road near Pontefract.

Mugshots of two men. The left one has short dark hair and a stubbly bear, the right a bald head with a cut on his forehead and stubble

Burglars jailed for £100k new-build homes spree

The pair ripped out boilers, doors and white goods from homes in northern England, a court hears.

Jannine sits in a chair wearing a pink hooded top. She has long blonde hair.

'We remortgaged to buy our kids' ADHD medication'

BBC research finds nearly 400,000 private prescriptions for ADHD were issued in 2023-24.