Multi-agency efforts have ensured the flooding situation in York and North Yorkshire is starting to slowly improve and the immediate risk to people and property has reduced.

York, Cawood and Selby are currently experiencing unprecedented levels of flooding, with rivers expected to peak during the evening and early hours of tomorrow morning.

With heavy rainfall flooding a number of roads across North Yorkshire and more rain expected across parts of the county over the course of today (Boxing Day 26 December 2015), police are advising people to keep an eye on the weather forecast and road conditions before they travel.

North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information about a garage burglary that occurred in Catterick Village.

Update following sudden death of a woman in Fishergate, York – 24 December 2015

Police in York received a call at around 12.20am in the early hours of 24 December 2015 from Yorkshire Ambulance Service who had been called to the sudden death of a woman on Fishergate.