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Pontefract

[ pon-tuh-frakt; locally also puhm-frit, pom- ]

noun

  1. a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.


Pontefract

/ ˈɒԳɪˌڰæ /

noun

  1. an industrial town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire: castle (1069), in which Richard II was imprisoned and murdered (1400). Pop: 28 250 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Full-back Miss Evans, from Pontefract in West Yorkshire, told the BBC she was partly inspired to donate her liver by her day job working in CT radiology for the Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Simon Bennett, a 65-year-old semi-retired writer from Pontefract, shrugs off a suspected case of trench foot as if he had stubbed his toe.

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Apprentice bricklayer Alfie Conway, 19, from Pontefract, was jailed for two years and three months at Sheffield Crown Court.

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The wedding celebrations include a civil ceremony in Pontefract because Harpreet wants to show Akshay's family "up north", followed by a traditional Indian wedding in London and a huge reception.

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Seventeen people are in hospital after a minibus carrying football supporters crashed on the A1M near Pontefract.

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