Calendar Wakefield

A drink driver has been jailed for three years and eight months after she hit three pedestrians, including a police officer, leaving them seriously injured.

Wakefield will find out within days whether it has made it through to the next stage in its bid to become UK City of Culture in 2025.

The clock tower at Wakefield Town Hall will be lit purple this evening in support of the 1950s-born women who had their state pension age had increased.