Crime

A judge has adjourned sentencing of a Wakefield woman to obtain psychiatric reports after she set fire to her husband's bedroom causing more than £27,000 worth of damage.

Police have found a cannabis farm inside a suburban house which caught fire last night.

A “predatory” and “manipulative” transgender woman who committed multiple sexual assaults after being placed in a female prison in Wakefield has been jailed for life.

Rugby league star Zak Hardaker drove home from the pub while double the drink-drive limit to “protect his golf clubs”, a court heard today.

These CCTV images have been released by police.

Police in West Yorkshire are cracking down on 'county lines' drug dealing networks that exploit children and vulnerable people.

Police officers patrolling the M62 were shocked to find a man walking back from a night out on the carriageway.

West Yorkshire Police has a "serious problem" with its recruitment of detectives, according to a senior official tasked with scrutinising the force.

Wakefield has seen the sharpest rise of repeat domestic abuse incidents anywhere in West Yorkshire.

Cash confiscated from criminals is being used to fund special packs that are being handed to the homeless, vulnerable and the elderly in Castleford to keep then safe.

A street beggar found in possession of a lock knife was arrested during a crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Pontefract.

Two people have been arrested after a motorbike was stolen from outside a crematorium.

A motorcyclist was seriously injured after coming off his bike in Pontefract.

One in six people who report domestic abuse in West Yorkshire are men, new figures show.

A motorbike stolen from outside a crematorium while the owner was at a funeral is believed to have been involved in a number of crimes since the theft.