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Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be low income, older people living in smaller semis.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile can be found across the country but main concentrations are in the West Midlands and the North East in towns such as Wolverhampton, Walsall and Dudley, Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland.

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Schools

Find out the performance data, locations and contact details of your local schools. All the vital information you need to help make educational decisions for your children.
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Crime

The West Yorkshire Police force is responsible for policing the Wakefield Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in Wakefield council is £904.00, compared to an average in England of £1,278.93.
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Local news

Boy admits bleach attack on woman

10/12/2009 16:32:41

A 16-year-old boy admits pouring bleach over a woman in a restaurant after she asked him to be quiet in a cinema.
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Killer nurse challenges verdict

09/12/2009 12:50:49

A former nurse jailed for at least 30 years for killing patients at two Leeds hospitals is granted leave to challenge his conviction.
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German market proves festive flop

10/12/2009 12:52:30

Wakefield's German Christmas market closes because it was "not up standard" and Bradford's shuts early over poor trade.
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Man questioned under terror laws

10/12/2009 13:41:24

A man is taken to West Yorkshire for questioning by anti-terror detectives after being arrested at a house in Wales.
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Action needed on child services

09/12/2009 11:46:00

The leader of Leeds City Council says urgent work is needed to tackle its children's services after it was branded "poor" in a report.
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Burglar 'moved' by girl's letter

09/12/2009 15:36:45

A 10-year-old girl from Shipley writes to the man who burgled her house to ask him why he carried out the crime.
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Builders dig up unexploded shell

09/12/2009 15:42:19

Bomb disposal experts remove a suspected World War II mortar shell from a Leeds industrial estate.
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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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Seasonal star

04/12/2009 12:20:56

A Leeds Big Issue vendor appears on a Christmas card.
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Railway Stations

Wakefield Westgate (1.59 miles away), National Express East Coast

Wakefield Kirkgate (2.20 miles away), Northern Rail

Sandal & Agbrigg (2.55 miles away), Northern Rail

Outwood (3.06 miles away), Northern Rail

Dewsbury (3.93 miles away), TransPennine Express

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