Crime

Yobs who hurl objects at passing cars as part of a dangerous new craze are being warned they will feel the full force of the law as police vow to clamp down on offenders.

A Yorkshire police officer has shared an urgent warning after she was called out to an elderly man trying to transfer his life savings to a conman in an elaborate scam.

The number of illegal off-road bikers being charged in the Wakefield district has more than doubled in the past four years, police statistics show.

A teenager died after being hit by vehicles on the M1 motorway, an inquest heard

Taxi drivers who are accused of a serious offence will have their licence immediately revoked, under new rules.

Investigators have begun a new review into the unsolved murder of a missing woman whose mummified body was found in Leeds 28 years ago.

Aggressive beggars who pester high street shoppers for money will still face police action, despite proposals to fine them up to £75 being ditched.

A Castleford businessman and biker who was once the victim of a hit and run has put up a £1,000 reward after another motorcyclist was seriously injured in similar circumstances.

A persistent shoplifter has been warned he faces jail if he offends again after being given a town's first Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).

Police have charged a 27-year-old man with attempted robbery and theft after a shop in Wakefield was targeted on Thursday.

Flight records show an aircraft registered to West Yorkshire’s police and crime commissioner was responsible for the most out-of-hours activity at an airfield in Surrey over the past four months.

A Wakefield man is being held in police custody after he was arrested by plain clothes officers in Hull on suspicion of drugs offences.

The family of a missing woman last seen outside a Wakefield school are said to be "very concerned" for her welfare as police searches continue.

A burglar who was part of a gang which raided an elderly Knottingley couples' home and who later assaulted four police officers has been jailed.

A pervert downloaded sickening images of children being sexually abused from his home.

Thieves smashed into a sandwich shop in East Ardsley and stole a till in an overnight raid as the business was preparing to celebrate its 10th anniversary.