The man in his 40s was found at the bottom of a staircase at the Esplanade, Whitby on 29 September with serious head injuries. He was taken to hospital where he remained in a critical condition. Sadly, he died in the early hours of Friday morning. A man in his 40s has previously been arrested […]

The 21-year-old woman claimed she had been attacked by a man who ripped her clothing in an alleyway in the early hours of 6 October 2019. However, following an investigation by North Yorkshire Police officers, the allegations turned out to be untrue. A police spokesperson said: “We take all reports of sexual assault seriously and […]

The body of 30 year-old Natalie Harker was found in a wooded area in Brough with St Giles at around 4.45pm on Wednesday 9 October 2019. The man was arrested that evening in connection with her death and subsequently released on police bail pending further enquiries. Police have renewed their appeal for information about the […]

It happened In the early hours of Tuesday 24 September 2019 when two sheds in the garden of the home of a 69 year-old man and his wife were broken into. Garden forks had been used to break open the locks and several items, some of which were of sentimental value, were stolen including: At […]

North Yorkshire Police is appealing for information after another satellite-tagged hen harrier has gone missing in the region just weeks after another one also stopped transmitting a signal. The hen harrier is a young female bird tagged at the release site in the Yorkshire Dales on 30 July 2019 as part of the hen harrier […]

Andrew Horsman, 37, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 20 weeks’ imprisonment at York Magistrates’ Court on Friday 11 October 2019, after being convicted of one count of burglary and one count of fraud. Shortly after 11am on 8 October, Horsman entered an area of the university campus to which only students have authorised […]