North Yorkshire Police

Five men have today (Friday 3 February 2012) been sentenced to a total of almost 22 years' imprisonment for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs in Scarborough.

York police are appealing for the public's help to identify a man who is suspected of stealing cigarettes from a local shop.

Police are appealing for information following the theft of plant and agricultural machinery in the Selby area.

With temperatures set to drop well below 0 oC and snow forecast in the next few days, North Yorkshire Police is reminding drivers to take extra care and prepare when on the roads.

Police are appealing for information following a commercial burglary in Hunmanby.

North Yorkshire Police are urging residents to make life harder for burglars and remain vigilant following the arrest of two suspects near Selby and Doncaster in connection with a 2-in-1 burglary in Carlton.

Two suspected burglars have been arrested after police spotted them pushing a lawnmower down a York street.

Child sexual abuse prevention campaign, Stop it Now! England is teaming up with North Yorkshire Police to provide specialist training for multi-agency staff who work with children and families across the County. Taking place on Thursday 2nd February, the event will focus on ways that agencies can collaborate and work with the public to protect children in the area from sexual abuse.

Town centre base secured for Harrogate town Safer Neighbourhood Team and progress report from Beckwith Knowle construction site.

Scarborough police are urging the public to help them find a wanted man.

Motorists in Scarborough are being warned to slow down as police ramp up speeding patrols following complaints from members of the public.

A successful crime reduction campaign in Selby district continued last week with a day of action in Byram, Brotherton and the surrounding villages.

North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between Wednesday 1 February 2012 and Tuesday 7 February 2012.

Police have renewed their appeal for information after yellow paint was thrown over the statue of Freddie Gilroy on Scarborough's North Bay.

North Yorkshire Police's Financial Investigation Unit have confiscated more than £800,000 from blackmailing fraudsters.

Harrogate police have released CCTV images of five men suspected of conning a taxi driver.

Motorists are being advised to avoid the A19 after the Tontine bridge was damaged by a HGV.

Quick-thinking police officers saved a holidaymaker from the freezing sea in Whitby during an early morning rescue operation.

Detectives are appealing for witnesses following a burglary in Scarborough.

Police are appealing for information following a fatal collision on the A169 Whitby to Pickering Road at Brocka Beck on Fylingdales Moor.

Assistant Chief Constable Sue Cross is currently on a three month secondment to the National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) as a Syndicate Director for the Strategic Command Course.

Emergency services are currently at the scene of a serious road traffic collision on the outskirts of Whitby.

Detectives in York are appealing for a vital witness to come forward following a robbery in the city.

Whitby police are appealing for the public's help to trace a wanted man.

A Scarborough business man has offered a £500 reward for information which leads to the arrest and charge of the people responsible for throwing paint over the statue of Freddie Gilroy which overlooks North Bay in Scarborough.

North Yorkshire Police are reminding vehicle owners to make sure they keep their keys in a secure place.

Scarborough Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a much-loved statue was vandalised last night (Thursday 26 January 2012).

A Liverpool drug dealer who attempted to extend his empire to York has been jailed for seven years for conspiring with three York men to supply class A drugs in the city.

Harrogate police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was robbed in Kings Road early this morning (Thursday 26 January 2012).

The unidentified remains of the woman known as the Sutton Bank body were reinterred at a committal service in Malton cemetery on Wednesday 25 January 2012 after they were exhumed in a bid to obtain a DNA profile which could help police finally identify her.

North Yorkshire Police were called at 7.42 this morning (Thursday 26 January 2012) after a cyclist appeared to fall off his bike on Gatherley Road in Catterick Bridge near Richmond.

Harrogate police are appealing to the public to help them locate a wanted woman.

Police in York have released images of a man and a woman suspected of shoplifting.

Police in the Craven district are issuing a warning to travelling criminals to keep out of the area.

Assistant Chief Constable Sue Cross is currently on a three-month secondment to the National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) as a Syndicate Director for the Strategic Command Course.

North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between Wednesday 25 and Tuesday 31 January 2012.

North Yorkshire Police have issued a warning about carrying imitation weapons after an incident in York sparked a firearms operation.

A Financial Investigator from North Yorkshire Police has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award for her work on a high-profile murder investigation.

York police have released a CCTV image of a man suspected of stealing a bike.

NORTH YORKSHIRE AND CITY OF YORK MULTI-AGENCY MAPPA STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT BOARD is looking to recruit a new lay advisor to sit on its management board.

North Yorkshire Police are urging pedestrians and cyclists to make sure they can been seen from dusk until dawn.

A karate instructor from York has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment after abusing a 13-year-old girl.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a pedestrian was fatally injured in a road traffic collision near Leyburn.

Police in York are continuing their campaign against the illegal drugs trade with the imprisonment of Ricky Pilcher.

The fight against crime is being won in North Yorkshire and the City of York.

Scarborough police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was assaulted in the street.

North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between 18 and 24 January 2012.

Detectives in Selby are appealing for witnesses and information about a Post Office burglary.

Officers from the Hambleton and Richmondshire area took part in the operation led by the UKBA on Thursday night (12 January 2012) which saw three people arrested in North Yorkshire and another five arrested in the wider north-east region. Read more here...

Members of the public can now get an insight into the work of a volunteer police officer as North Yorkshire Police's first tweeting Special Constable signs up to Twitter.

Police investigating a collision in Ripon which left an elderly woman fighting for her life are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Detectives from York CID are appealing for the owners of suspected stolen jewellery to contact them.

Police are investigating after a solid bronze boat pump was stolen from Church Fenton.

68-year-old Owen Swift of Kensington Court, Dringhouses, York, has today been found guilty of driving at 147mph on Malton by-pass.

Ripon police are warning local residents to be aware of a telephone scam cost an elderly man hundreds of pounds.

North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between 11 and 17 January 2012.

North Yorkshire Police have released CCTV images of a suspect who allegedly stole thousands of pounds from a Whitby man.

The new police non-emergency number 101 is now live across the whole of England and Wales. Follow the link for more information on the Home Office website.

Six men have today (Tuesday 10 January 2012) been sentenced to a total of 88 weeks in prison and ordered to pay £5,100 for animal cruelty offences.

Harrogate police are appealing for witnesses after a rock was thrown at a school bus.

Whitby police are warning local residents to be aware of a scam which is operating in the area.

Four people are in custody this morning on suspicion of burglary thanks to a vigilant off-duty police officer.

North Yorkshire Police arrested 100 motorists as they took to the roads for the annual Christmas drink and drug drive campaign.

Police in Malton are appealing for witnesses following a serious single vehicle road traffic collision.

The unexploded bomb found at a building site on Hull Road in York has been safely disposed of by Army bomb disposal experts.

Police were called at 12.55pm today, Monday, 9 January 2012, after workmen at a building site uncovered what is believed to be an explosive device.

Police in Northallerton are appealing for information and offering security advice following the theft of a quad bike.

As part of North Yorkshire Police's cold case reviews of unidentified bodies, permission has been granted for the exhumation of the body of a woman know as "the Sutton Bank body"

North Yorkshire Police's Assistant Chief Constable Sue Cross is due to begin a three-month secondment to the National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) as a Syndicate Director for the Strategic Command Course.

Two men aged 18 and 19 and a youth aged 16, all from York, were arrested last night (Thursday 5 January 2012) following reports of suspicious activity at a property on Boroughbridge Road in York.

A criminal gang who ran two cannabis farms near York have been ordered to pay back the profits of their crimes.

Police in York have released images of two men they would like to trace following the theft of antiques.

North Yorkshire Police received numerous calls overnight of trees and debris blocking roads.

North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between Wednesday 4 January 2012 and Tuesday 10 January 2012.

Police are warning residents to be extra vigilant following a spate of overnight shed and garage burglaries in the village of Womersley near Eggborough.

Knaresborough police are appealing for witnesses after a handbag was stolen from the town's Christmas market.

Filey police are appealing for information following a collision in the early hours of New Year's Day.

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious assault which took place on the pedestrian crossing in Gowthorpe, Selby at 2.30pm on Monday 2 January 2012.