Crime

A senior police officer has said he is 'in no doubt' that child killer Peter Pickering was responsible for the murder of Elsie Frost.

The sister of murdered Wakefield school Elsie Frost said another murder may have been avoided if police had listened to information.

Two suspects fled the scene after crashing into a stationary vehicle in Eastmoor.

These are the areas of Wakefield with the highest levels of anti-social behaviour, according to the latest figures.

An off-licence manager told police he could "sell whatever I want", months before thousands of illicit cigarettes were found at the premises.

A man has denied killing 90-year-old Nathaniel Suggitt in his Pontefract home.

A nuisance offender who caused trouble in Pontefract town centre has been jailed.

Wakefield Police are urging people to report any suspicious activity after a number of burglaries on plots of new build sites across Wakefield and Pontefract.

A jealous boyfriend attacked his partner with a fork and kicked her with such force that he broke her rib.

A driver has been caught drunk behind the wheel for a fourth time.

West Yorkshire Police are asking for the public’s help in tracing these people caught on camera in Wakefield.

Police intervened after a 12 year-old boy had his bike allegedly stolen by four older males.