Enquiries are ongoing to identify the source and supply of the drug – which is in the form of small black paper squares with a red flash design – but officers are extremely concerned that others may have taken or are going to take it. Inspector Mark Gee, of Richmondshire Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Our […]

At about 10am on Sunday 24 January 2021 , police were called with a report that a blue Subaru Impreza was involved in poaching activity in the rural Bedale area. North Yorkshire Police officers attended immediately, and – thanks to information provided by the caller – were able to locate and stop a car a […]

Police are appealing for the driver of a silver car to come forward following an collision in Reeth involving a small child. It happened at around 3.30pm on 7 January on Silver Street when the child ran across the road. The driver initially stopped, however all those involved went on their way without exchanging any […]

A police operation was launched at 8.40pm on Tuesday (24 November 2020) after a house on Moor Road in Askrigg was struck by a passing white Ford Transit panel van pulling a mini digger on a trailer. The transit van, trailer and digger were abandoned at the scene. No-one was hurt in the collision and […]

It happened at around 4.10pm on Tuesday 3 November 2020 when a teenage girl got off a bus outside The Brownlow Arms. When she started walking in the direction of Forcett, the girl became aware of an old-style Toyota Hilux pick-up truck without a canopy crawling behind her. The vehicle then overtook her and stopped. […]

On Friday 27 December 2019, two farms near Askrigg, Richmondshire, were burgled. Police and local Rural Watch group members attended immediately, and sighted suspicious vehicles in the area. All three stolen quad bikes were recovered. Following forensic enquiries, a 28-year-old Keighley man was arrested by North Yorkshire Police Rural Taskforce officers in connection with the […]