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Vatican announces death of Pope Francis aged 88

Get in the Easter spirit with a baker's dozen.

Cinnamon adds a healthy touch to your baker's dozen

Dewsbury Minster

A Christmas Day message from Rev Caroline Greenwood at Dewsbury Minster

Dewsbury's Reverend Neil Walpole has delivered a Christmas Day message.

A Christmas message from Reverend Neil Walpole

The 15th Century gold ring Matthew Hepworth found buried in a farmer’s field.

Watch metal detectorist unearth find of a lifetime - a rare gold ring

Pilgrims celebrate Easter by carrying wooden crosses as they walk over the tidal causeway to Lindisfarne during the final leg of their annual Good Friday pilgrimage.

Good Friday - the meaning behind the Easter Bank Holiday explained

A time for reflection at The News' Christmas Carol Service & Christingle at St Mary's Church last year. Picture: Alex Shute

What is Christingle, the celebration involving oranges and candles?

Sainsbury’s shoppers left stunned as box of fish fingers now costs £7

Why do we dread Friday 13th? (photo: Adobe)

Beware! Friday the 13th – Day of Doom… or just another day?

Rev Simon Cash at Dewsbury Minster

Easter Sunday reflection with Rev Simon Cash at Dewsbury Minster

Rev Brunel James in the Easter garden at St Luke's Church, Cleckheaton

Churches in Cleckheaton create 'Easter Gardens' to mark Holy Week

All three Anglican churches in Cleckheaton have created “Easter Gardens” to mark Holy Week.

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Rev Simon Cash at Dewsbury Minster

Rev Simon Cash at Dewsbury Minster shares a prayer for peace in Ukraine

The strong aroma and lovely taste of the sage plant make it a handy herb to have around

Seven herbs to grow this winter and use in your festive dishes

Do you consider Friday the 13th to be particularly unlucky? (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why Friday the 13th is considered unlucky - and triskaidekaphobia explai...

The Easter bunny has long been associated with the holiday of Easter, but where does the famous rabbit come from and what’s his role? (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the origins of the Easter Bunny - and why we celebrate the famous rabb...

Maundy Thursday is the fifth day of the Holy Week, the week in the Christian calendar leading up to Easter Sunday (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s what you should know about Maundy Thursday - which marks the end of Lent

This is why we eat chocolate eggs at Easter time

These are the dates of the Easter bank holiday in 2021 - and why we celebrate

This is why people observe Ash Wednesday - and what the ashes mean

This is when Pancake Day falls in 2021 - and how to make the perfect pancakes

This is when you should take your Christmas decorations down - according to trad...

Justin Bieber has teamed up with an NHS choir on his new Christmas song

This is when you should make your Christmas pudding or cake - and the best recip...

This is when you should put up your Christmas tree in 2020 - and when to take it...

Here’s why Friday 13th is considered unlucky - and unfortunate events that have ...

Royal Mail's festive stamps are now available to buy - here are this year's desi...

Ascension Day, also known as, Holy Thursday, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord or The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ, commemorates the moment Jesus ascended into heaven (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when Ascension Day is celebrated - and what it signifies

This is what you need to know about the second May bank holiday (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is everything you need to know about the spring bank holiday 2020 Rhona Shennan

This is what you need to know about chocolate Easter eggs (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why people eat Easter eggs - the chocolate tradition explained

How to keep the kids entertained

How to keep kids entertained over Easter in lockdown

Will you be trying the new hot cross buns from M&S? (Photo: M&S)

M&S has released a new hot cross bun flavour which is dividing the country

This is when you should put your Christmas tree up and take it down – according ...

Margaret Watson.

The Nostalgia column with Margaret Watson - the slum clearance programmes

Statues aplenty adorn Mechelen streets.

Explore an undiscovered corner of Belgian beauty in Mechelen

VIDEO: German tennis player left bemused by Yorkshire reporter's accent

The cast of St Paulinus Schools Nativity Play Happy Birthday Jesus.

Happy Birthday Jesus nativity

Cleckheaton Methodist Church.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Sunday, April 23

Margaret Couch, Anne Traynor, Linda Crossley and John Santry prepare for the Good Friday drama.

Good Friday drama

Tesco Extra Batley.

LETTER: Car boot sale on Easter Day is disrespectful

Thought for the week.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: February 26

Thought for the week.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: February 19

PIC: Bruce Rollinson

Video: Jo Cox described to churchgoers as '21st century Good Samaritan'

Churchgoers during a service for Jo Cox at St Peter's Church in Birstall. PIC: PA

Prayers for MP who championed those '˜at the bottom of the world's heaps'

Four leaf clover: Academics are out to banish the Friday the 13th myth for good

Unlucky for some? Academics out to explode enduring Friday the 13th myth

Friday the 13th: There were 13 steps up to the scaffold, 13 turns in a hangmans noose and 13 pence and a halfpenny paid to the hangman. Image, shutterstock

13 things you didn't know about Friday the 13th

Today is the day many superstitious people will have been dreading ... yes it's Friday the 13th.

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What presents have you been buying this year?

WATCH: 11 crazy Christmas traditions from around the world

It’s the final Christmas countdown

Review - Jesus Christ Superstar, Leeds Grand Theatre, July 6, 2015

HEAD LINES Jonny Mitchell.

Head Lines with Jonny Mitchell: How will we look back on this year?

The Reduced Shakespeare Company.

Trout on the ark, sliced bread and water pistols – yes, it’s the Bible!

Coming back to church

Budding actors needed

Mirfield greengrocer gets into Christmas spirit with handmade display

Batley schoolboy with Down’s Syndrome barred from first Holy Communion

Francis follows dad’s foosteps

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