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Asda shoppers were happy to jingle their change into charity tins instead of their pockets during a fundraising campaign for servicemen and women. Supermarket customers at the Asda store in Durkar, Wakefield, donated £2,150.25 to collection tins for the Help the Heroes campaign during two days in September. A further £571.20 was raised by selling merchandise, including car stickers and Christmas cards.

Nominations are needed for the next round of Hollywood-style stars in Wakefield’s pavements. Wakefield Council is honouring famous names from the city with star plaques in the paths.

Teenager Sam Brear is nothing short of a hero after rescuing his best friend from drowning – despite him being three times his size. Sam, 15, saved his best friend Adam Greening’s life after he tried swimming in the freezing-cold Aire and Calder Navigation canal, near his home in Wakefield.