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Officers are appealing for witnesses and information following a sexual exposure which occurred in Cawood on New Years’ Eve. A man in a dark grey van called a woman in her 70s, who was walking by, over to his van asking for help. When she went to offer help, the man indecently exposed himself. The […]
Sometime between 4pm on Friday 8 January and 4.30pm on Saturday 9 January 2021 a total of 18 sheep were attacked and killed, and more injured – most likely by a loose or out of control dog (or dogs). The sheep were in a field between Warlaby and Ainderby Steeple, which has a public footpath […]
Officers on patrol spotted a car travelling along Leeds Road towards Harrogate. After officers followed the vehicle into the town, it came to a stop and the passenger ran off from the car, discarding a large amount of suspected cocaine and a mobile phone. He was also found to be in possession of £700. He […]
54 year-old Mark Robert Stephens from Ingleton, has today been sentenced at York Crown Court to 2 years and 6 months in prison after pleading guilty to stalking. Stephens subjected his victim to a lengthy and terrifying ordeal over a period of 18 months in which she felt like a prisoner in her own home. […]
For residents planning to go out to shop for essentials or to take their daily exercise the message from the agencies of the North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum (NYLRF), is loud and clear: stay as close to home as you can. Louise Wallace, North Yorkshire’s Director of Public Health said: “We are dealing with a […]
Andrew Laird, 51, of Fryton near Slingsby, Malton, was sentenced for fraud and perverting the course of justice today. Over a three-year period, he received the 16 notices of intended prosecution for speeding from several police forces, including North Yorkshire. But he claimed he wasn’t behind the wheel on any of the occasions. Laird blamed […]