Planned improvements to the A61 in Lofthouse focus on its junctions with Jumbles Lane and Carlton Lane A consultation on improvements to two key roads in West Yorkshire has entered its second stage.

Officers from West Yorkshire Police were called to Leeds Road, Lofthouse, a village between Wakefield and Leeds, at just after 4.30pm, to reports a horse and a car had been involved in a collision.

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National Highways said the motorway was closed between junction 29 for Lofthouse and junction 30 for Oulton. West Yorkshire Police ... Highways England said: "As a result of the collision ...

Top rugby union clubs are keen to sign a West Yorkshire teenager who is set to make his England home debut this weekend. Alfie Longstaff, from Lofthouse, between Leeds and Wakefield, is in the ...