The streets of Pontefract were filled with childlike happiness as residents and tourists came together to celebrate the ...

As the town gears up for its annual liquorice festival, this coming weekend, there is no mistaking the love it feels for the ...

The Pontefract Liquorice Festival 2009 is on Sunday July 12 from 11am to 4pm. Find out more about what's going on at this year's Liquorice Festival > ...

A street festival has taken place to celebrate the sweet-making history of a West Yorkshire town. Pontefract cakes are said to have been invented in the town by a local chemist in the 1760s and ...

One town in West Yorkshire is famous for a certain sweet treat – and now it’s gearing up to celebrate this proud heritage – the Pontefract Liquorice Festival is back on Sunday July 9 ...

It is a celebration that has been at the heart of Pontefract's calendar since 1995. Leeds news you can trust since 1890. Sign In. Subscribe.

THOUSANDS OF visitors to Pontefract’s annual celebration of liquorice had all sorts of fun today. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access ...

The Pontefract Liquorice Festival, held every July, celebrates the town’s enduring love affair with the plant. Read: Grow easy vegetables for gardening bliss.

As Pontefract Liquorice Festival makes a return this weekend, Laura Reid explores the history of the crop in the town, and how its use changed from medicinal to confectionary.

The Pontefract Liquorice Festival parade, pictured here in last summer's sunshine, took place in the town centre. Grace Parnell. BBC News. Published. 14 July 2024.

The Pontefract Liquorice Festival included market stalls and parades with "sweet-themed outfits", the company said. Tabea Powell, of Haribo UK, said the liquorice festival was a "real source of ...