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Is parking this bad in your town? More than 1,600 people have signed a petition calling for more enforcement in Batley to stop illegal parking like this. Find out more by tapping the link in our bio 📲
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Tornado or cloud? @paultheweatherman has the latest.
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Adele has been ordered to remove a 4ft (1.2m) gorilla statue from the front of her house in Wakefield or face a fine.
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Meet the teens about to limit their social media usage. They're taking part in a landmark scientific study, monitoring the impact of social media on young people. Researchers will look at the levels of anxiety, depression and sleep of the teens involved. Read more by clicking the link in our bio.
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A woman in Wakefield has been ordered to remove a 4ft gorilla known as Caesar from the front of her house or she could face a fine of up to £20,000. Read more through the link in our bio.
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Marion paid nearly £2,500 to tradesman Stephen Pickersgill. "He made a big hole in the wall, asked for more money... and then we never saw him again." She told the BBC she now fears the structure "could collapse at any moment".
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"I didn't steal it... I just took it." They were the words of Amazon delivery driver Catalin Stancu, after he was caught on a doorbell camera taking a cat from a garden. He claimed he did not know the cat, called Nora, had an owner - and said he only took it in order to care for it. He has now pleaded guilty to the offence of taking a cat and was sentenced to eight weeks in prison, suspended for a year. Click the link in our bio for the full story 🔗
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2 days ago
Reform UK councillor Kieran Lay tells us why he dropped a "sugar bomb" about UFOs in a recent council meeting.
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Should social media be banned for under-16s? These students in Yorkshire are taking part in what's believed to be the world's first scientific trial, where their phone use is limited across the entire day. Find out more by tapping the link in our bio 📲
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3 days ago
👀 UFOs? In Yorkshire? Council meetings are usually dominated by discussions about bin collections - but this week, extra-terrestrial activity became the hot topic. Kieran Lay's passionate speech about UAPs - more commonly known as UFOs - drew a few raised eyebrows... not least from Doncaster Council leader Guy Aston.
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The Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, has her say on the prime minister's position.
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During the WW2 Blitz, over 2 million British children were not evacuated, instead they stayed at home in towns & cities that were bombed. 85 years on, Children of the Blitz tells their story. Children of the Blitz available now on BBC iPlayer. Watch it by tapping the link in our bio 🔗
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