North East

• Appeal Following Assault Outside Scarborough Takeaway

  22 Jun 2016, 14:35pm

  Police are appealing for information about an assault outside a Scarborough takeaway. The incident happened on Westborough outside Memossa takeaway in Scarborough at 1am on 19/06/16 and involved a male grabbing a female by the wrists and pushing her to the floor after a disagreement within Memossa takeaway. The incident has left the female with slight...

   
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  Police Appeal Following Racially Aggravated Attack On Vehicle in Halifax

  21 Jun 2016, 14:21pm

  Police are issuing CCTV stills of men they want to speak to in connection with a racially aggravated attack on a vehicle. Calderdale Police would like to speak with anyone who recognises the men following an incident on Claremont Road, Halifax on April...

   
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  Jo Cox MP Murdered in Birstall

  16 Jun 2016, 17:19pm

  At 12.53 today, police were called to a report of an incident on Market Street, Birstall, where a woman in her 40s Jo Cox MP had suffered serious injuries and was in a critical condition. Mrs Cox later died from her injuries. A man in his 70s nearby also...

   
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  Incident on Market Street in Birstall

  16 Jun 2016, 13:53pm

  At 12.53 today, police were called to a report of an incident on Market Street, Birstall, where a woman identified as Jo Cox MP had suffered serious injuries and is in a critical condition. A man in his late 40s to early 50s nearby also suffered slight...

   

• Police Appeal After Elderly Woman Robbed

  29 May 2016, 15:16pm

  Police in Bradford are appealing for information after an elderly woman was robbed in Bradford. Bradford District CID would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident on Pasture Lane, Clayton, Bradford between 8.50pm on Sunday May 22 and about 1am on Monday May 23rd. It took place after the victim (81) who is from Bradford, was approached by...

   
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  Man Named in Sheffield Murder Investigation

  29 May 2016, 13:30pm

  A 19-year-old man who died following a reported assault in Sheffield this weekend has been named as Matthew Wilson. Emergency services were called at around 2.35am on Saturday 28 May following reports Matthew (pictured) had been assaulted in Wadsley Lane,...

   

• Appeal Following Discovery of Human Bones in Wakefield

  14 May 2016, 11:56am

  Police are continuing enquires after historic human remains were found in woodlands near Wakefield last week. The Homicide and Major Enquiry Team (Hmet) are continuing enquiries into the discovery of a number of small bones in a plastic bag, just off a towpath leading from Welbeck Lane at the Washlands Nature Reserve last week. Forensic analysis over...

   

• Police Appeal After Puppies Stolen in Doncaster

  9 May 2016, 13:53pm

  Police in Doncaster are asking for your help tracing a number of stolen dogs and puppies, taken from farmland in Barnby Dun this weekend. Between 8.20am and 7.30pm on Saturday 7 May, it is reported that persons unknown took four dogs and 11 puppies from farmland in Stainforth Road, Barnby Dun. The dogs stolen include a red female Malinois, who is distinctive...

   
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  Former Prison Officer Jailed for Misconduct

  9 May 2016, 1:01am

  A former prison officer has been sentenced to 10 months behind bars for misconduct. Dawn Sheard, 46, of Barnsley, was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on Wednesday 4 May for misconduct in a public office after she began a relationship with a prisoner....

   

• Police Appeal Following Computer Equipment Theft

  4 May 2016, 18:04pm

  Police are appealing for information after thousands of pounds worth of computer equipment was stolen in a commercial burglary on an industrial estate in Huddersfield. The offence happened at around 10pm on Tuesday, 3 May, at an office building on Bradley Business Park, off Dyson Wood Way. Entry was forced to the premise with five white Apple iMac all-in-one...