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Local news

Two with swine flu die in county

06/07/2009 20:26:33

A nine-year-old girl and a man, both from West Yorkshire, die after contracting swine flu, health officials confirm.
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Plea to stop 'one-punch' deaths

06/07/2009 12:07:04

Police start a campaign to stop drink-fuelled "one-punch" deaths involving young people, aided by the family of one victim.
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Pair jailed for fake diamond scam

06/07/2009 17:05:26

Two Huddersfield men who targeted people's life savings in a fake gemstone scam in London have been jailed.
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Troubled school may be demolished

06/07/2009 08:43:37

Councillors are meeting to discuss the future of The Ridings School in Halifax which could be pulled down.
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Yorkshire Forward under scrutiny

06/07/2009 11:13:36

A committee of MPs set up to examine the work of Yorkshire Forward holds its first public meeting in Leeds.
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Grave unveiled for WWII boy

06/07/2009 12:43:14

A memorial to a Dewsbury-born boy, one of the youngest British service casualties of the World War II, is unveiled.
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Got a story?

07/07/2003 11:48:13

Contact BBC News Interactive's West Yorkshire team
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More news sites

19/10/2004 08:53:17

Links to other local news internet sites in West Yorkshire
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Recession news

02/04/2009 11:01:07

How the recession is hitting Yorkshire and the Humber
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BBC Bradford & West Yorkshire

02/04/2009 12:07:56

Find out more about what is going on across the region
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BBC Leeds

02/04/2009 12:04:53

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Railway Stations

Wakefield Westgate (0.85 miles away),

Sandal And Agbrigg (1.74 miles away),

Outwood (2.14 miles away),

Normanton (2.79 miles away),

Streethouse (3.70 miles away),

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