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Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be single parents and pensioners living in council terraces.

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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

Child service improvements agreed

07/12/2009 21:26:23

Leeds council sets up a board with an independent chair as part of measures to improve its children's services department.
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Woman injured in dog fight attack

07/12/2009 13:31:58

Police arrest a man under the Dangerous Dogs Act after a woman is injured while trying to stop a dog fight.
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Police in £220,000 cannabis haul

07/12/2009 16:33:22

An operation by police forces in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire results in the seizure of cannabis worth more than £220,000.
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Verdict 'pleases' Kercher family

05/12/2009 15:39:53

The family of murdered Leeds University student Meredith Kercher are "pleased" with the verdicts against her killers.
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Woman vanished after birth

06/12/2009 10:26:02

Police seek help in tracing a Huddersfield woman on the fourth anniversary of her disappearance after she had just had a baby.
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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

Normanton (0.71 miles away), Northern Rail

Streethouse (1.28 miles away), Northern Rail

Featherstone (2.54 miles away), Northern Rail

Wakefield Kirkgate (3.05 miles away), Northern Rail

Sandal & Agbrigg (3.33 miles away), Northern Rail

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