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Halloween: The one decoration experts say to keep out of your garden - which can trap and harm wildlife

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 13h

Halloween: The one decoration experts say to keep out of your garden - which can trap and harm wildlife #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

These fake decorations can snare real prey

Long-running roadworks aim to finish by Christmas

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 14h

Long-running roadworks aim to finish by Christmas #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

The maintenance work on a stretch of the A1 and A1(M) started in February 2023.

Huddersfield village burglary alert as crooks smash their way into two homes

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 17h

Huddersfield village burglary alert as crooks smash their way into two homes #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Blue Transit van could be linked to burglary suspects

Prisoner bailed over schoolgirl's 1994 murder

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 20h

Prisoner bailed over schoolgirl's 1994 murder #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Lindsay Rimer, 13, was found dead five months after she went missing from Hebden Bridge in 1994.

“The balloon industry has brought me joy”: Ossett woman who started balloon business in lockdown named Designer of the Year at international balloon convention

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 21h

“The balloon industry has brought me joy”: Ossett woman who started balloon business in lockdown named Designer of the Year at international balloon convention #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Ossett’s Alison Garnham, who left her corporate job in lockdown to start a balloon business, has been named Designer of the Year at an international balloon convention in Eindhoven.

'E-bikes are a fatality waiting to happen'

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 23h

'E-bikes are a fatality waiting to happen' #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

As councillors discuss plans to improve the safety of Briggate in Leeds by imposing stricter rules on cyclists, shoppers using the pedestrianised zone told the BBC what they think of banning e-bikes...

Barber's sordid back room where he raped boy and girl was sexually abused

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Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 1d

Barber's sordid back room where he raped boy and girl was sexually abused #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Mohammed Naveed has been jailed

'I will die because of a lack of prostate cancer screening'

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 1d

'I will die because of a lack of prostate cancer screening' #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Patients say they could have lived normal lives if they had been tested sooner.

'I swapped the stage for the courtroom bench'

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 1d

'I swapped the stage for the courtroom bench' #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Actor Stephen Finegold says his career 'stood him in good stead' to work as a magistrate.

The mystery of the missing Paris catwalk necklace

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 1d

The mystery of the missing Paris catwalk necklace #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

A necklace which disappeared thirty years ago is at the centre of an international search.

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Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 1d

Trial date set for two charged with Watkins murder #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Trial date set for two charged with Watkins murder

Two men are accused of murdering former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins at HMP Wakefield.

Column: Pilgrim's Progress: Dick Davies: A welcoming place

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 1d

Column: Pilgrim's Progress: Dick Davies: A welcoming place #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

OK – I confess! - I am actually a foreigner! - I was born just north of London. But one reason I’ve settled in Wakefield is because it is such a welcoming place.

Crackdown planned on anti-social car cruising

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 1d

Crackdown planned on anti-social car cruising #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Wakefield Council plans to tackle the "dangerous" car events with a Public Space Protection Order.

Inside 'Monster Mansion' where term 'nonce' was coined and meaning explained

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 2d

Inside 'Monster Mansion' where term 'nonce' was coined and meaning explained #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

HMP Wakefield, known as Monster Mansion, is one of the most notorious prisons in the UK

Pair appear in court charged with murder of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 2d

Pair appear in court charged with murder of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Two prisoners have appeared in court charged with the murder of disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins, who was fatally attacked at HMP Wakefield at the weekend.

Bradford to gain dozens of vehicle charging bays

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 2d

Bradford to gain dozens of vehicle charging bays #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Bradford Council aims to eventually support electric charging across 1,000 bays in the district.

Prisoner questioned over schoolgirl's 1994 murder

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 2d

Prisoner questioned over schoolgirl's 1994 murder #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Lindsay Rimer, 13, was found dead five months after she went missing from Hebden Bridge in 1994.

Councillor survives drone attack in Ukraine

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 2d

Councillor survives drone attack in Ukraine #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

John Lawson travelled to Lviv in September to deliver aid when Russia launched an attack.

Two charged with killing jailed singer Ian Watkins

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 2d

Two charged with killing jailed singer Ian Watkins #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

The disgraced Lostprophets frontman was fatally injured at HMP Wakefield on Saturday.

'You have to trust people in life or you won't get anywhere' says blind runner

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 2d

'You have to trust people in life or you won't get anywhere' says blind runner #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Louise Cooper has completed more than 500 parkruns and 130 marathons despite being born without sight.

M62 Brighouse LIVE as vehicle fire blocks lanes

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 3d

M62 Brighouse LIVE as vehicle fire blocks lanes #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Two lanes have been closed

Wakefield's Conservatory Outlet celebrates 20 years with £100million vision

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 3d

Wakefield's Conservatory Outlet celebrates 20 years with £100million vision #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

A Wakefield-based home improvement firm is celebrating its 20th anniversary with ambitious growth plans.

Monster Mansion notorious prisoners from Little Chef waiter to the 'Angel of Death'

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 3d

Monster Mansion notorious prisoners from Little Chef waiter to the 'Angel of Death' #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

HMP Wakefield, known as 'Monster Mansion' or 'Warehouse For The Worst', is home to some of the most violent, sadistic and borderline-insane people to ever walk the earth

Fairgrounds and fungi: Yorkshire stories to make you smile

Local To Ossett @localtoossett.bsky.social · 3d

Fairgrounds and fungi: Yorkshire stories to make you smile #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire

Start your Sunday on a high with a selection of Yorkshire's most uplifting stories.