The ''Wetherby News'' is a local weekly tabloid

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published on a Thursday and based in

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, England. The newspaper was founded in 1859 with its offices on the High Street next to the Angel Inn. The paper is part of the

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stable. The paper's news and sport patch includes

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and

Sherburn-in-Elmet Sherburn in Elmet (pronounced ) is a town and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It is to the west of Selby and south of Tadcaster. It was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 i ...

, covering local events from rural North Yorkshire to parts of urban north

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such as Slaid Hill,

Alwoodley Alwoodley is a suburb and civil parishes in England, civil parish of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is north of Leeds city centre, central Leeds and is one of the most affluent areas of the county. Alwoodley lies in the LS17 postcode are ...

and

Whinmoor Whinmoor is a residential area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) to the north-east of the city centre and adjacent to Swarcliffe and Seacroft in the LS14 Leeds postcode area. Historically, the area was wi ...

. The newspaper used to have its offices on Westgate in Wetherby, but it is now produced from

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. The ''Wetherby News'' carries a large property supplement, covering Wetherby as well as the surrounding districts. It also has an in-depth weekend supplement, a full weekly guide to what's on in West and North Yorkshire, entertainment news, live music and cinema guides and full classified listings. The ''Wetherby News'' has a partnership with

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with whom it provides a weekly news review every Friday morning. In 2012 the ''Wetherby News'' became a tabloid and moved its publications from a Friday to a Thursday.

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