by Jimmy Tse | Oct 31, 2025 | General News, North Yorkshire
A former North Yorkshire Police officer has been convicted and sentenced after admitting to accessing police computer systems without authorisation. Simon Barker, 36, from Leeds, was found to have carried out multiple unauthorised searches on an internal database...
by Will Russell | Oct 30, 2025 | General News, North Yorkshire
A man has been jailed for eight years and nine months following two separate incidents of sexual assault. Kristian John Franks, 35, from York, was found guilty today (Thursday 30 October) at York Crown Court. As well as his prison sentence, Franks was also given an...
by Will Atherton | Oct 29, 2025 | General News, North Yorkshire
‘Urgent repairs’ to fix the astroturf pitch which houses semi-professional side Scarborough Athletic FC will begin in January 2026 Scarborough Sports Village, known as the Flamingo Land Stadium for sponsorship reasons, features one 3G astroturf pitch which...
by Will Atherton | Oct 29, 2025 | General News, Home Page Top Story, North Yorkshire
A man who died after his Citroen C2 crashed into a tree on Friday 24 October has been named. He has been revealed as Nicholas Parkin, 52, from Beckwithshaw, near Harrogate. At around 10pm on Friday 24 October Parkin’s blue Citroen C2 veered off the road and...
by Casey Peyton | Oct 28, 2025 | General News, North Yorkshire, Uncategorised
A predator has been sentenced to six years after he pleaded guilty to multiple child sex offences, exploitation and drug offences. Timothy Glen Jarrett, 45, of Copmanthorpe, York, was made subject to two restraining orders for 10 years on top of his sentence today at...
