Crime

A scheme which brings criminals face-to-face with their victims is taking a “huge step foward”, West Yorkshire’s Police Commissoner has said.

A Brighouse company been sentenced  for safety breaches after a worker was struck on the head and suffered temporary blindness and longer term vision problems.

Calderdale police teams have issued an urgent warning to families and carers regarding key safes.

A drugged-up BMW driver has been jailed for 14 months after a judge watched shocking dashcam footage of a high-speed police pursuit along the M606 and M62 at Hartshead Moor.

A crime awareness and prevention drop-in session has been arranged after residents and councillors expressed concern about the violent nature of several recent burglaries in Brighouse.

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

Drivers have been caught speeding and one vehicle was seized as part of a police operation in Calderdale.

POLICE in West Yorkshire averaged an arrest every two hours during a festive crackdown on drink-driving.

A crime awareness and prevention drop-in session has been arranged after residents and councillors expressed concern about the violent nature of several recent burglaries in Brighouse.

A wanted man with links to Leeds and Halifax has been arrested in North Yorkshire after a police operation.

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 burglar who targeted homes in Sowerby Bridge and Pye Nest has been jailed for four and a half years.

A burglar who targeted homes in Calderdale is behind bars after being jailed for four and a half years by the courts.