The incident occurred on the north-bound carriageway, just before the A172 turn-off to Stokesley, at around 7pm on Friday 22 June 2018. It involved a white Citroen Dispatch van and red Kia Rio car. It is believed the collision occurred when the van crossed over from lane two to lane one as the Kia that […]

A man from Easingwold has been sentenced to 13-years imprisonment following a 12 month investigation into sexual abuse against two girls which occurred in the late 1980s. In June 2017 North Yorkshire Police launched an investigation following allegations that 81-year-old Donald Cornforth had sexually abused two woman when they were young girls. One of the […]

Police have issued CCTV pictures of three men they would like to speak to following a robbery in Scarborough. The offence occurred at the William Street Coach Park around midnight on Easter Monday (Monday, 2 April). Four men approached a group of four other people and targeted the handbags of two women in the group. […]

Lee John McDonald, aged 35, of no fixed abode but with family links in Goole, was jailed on 23 December 2017 after pleading at York Magistrates’ Court to a series of thefts from retail outlets in Selby. He was also issued with a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order which became effective following his release from prison […]

The quick-thinking actions of a member of the public in York resulted in a drug-driver being arrested and banned from the roads for 14 months. Joshua Elliott Turpin, aged 28, from Farnley Road, Ilkley, Bradford, was spotted staggering in the Asda car park at Layerthorpe at 8.08pm on 22 January 2018. He then got into […]

Thieves gained access to the property between 10am on Saturday 16 June 2018 and 4.20pm on Sunday 17 June 2018, via a rear door. A number of items have been stolen which include jewellery, watches and  a collection of commemorative silver coins, including those from the Queen’s coronation in 1953 and her silver jubilee. Police are appealing for any information about […]