by Casey Peyton | Oct 21, 2025 | General News, North Yorkshire
A former soldier stationed in North Yorkshire was sentenced to 24 years in prison today at Leeds Crown Court for online child abuse. Austen Tobias Fleming, 28, of Stirling Road, Kilsyth admitted to 83 cyber-enabled child sexual abuse and exploitation offences across...
by William Atherton | Oct 21, 2025 | General News, West Yorkshire
A van driver who was using his phone seconds before he hit an 85-year-old man in Wakefield has been jailed for five years. Qabir Hussain, 54, of Lovaine Grove, Wakefield, was checking emails on his phone just moments before he collided with pedestrian David Brooke as...
by Jimmy Tse | Oct 21, 2025 | General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
As the clocks go back and evenings draw in, South Yorkshire police are urging communities to stay alert and take steps to prevent criminals taking advantage of the darker nights. Superintendent Charlotte Bloxham, who is leading the work during the dark nights period,...
by Rosie Wood | Oct 21, 2025 | East Riding of Yorkshire, General News
Three men have been arrested after officers uncovered what are believed to be counterfeit British pound notes inside a vehicle in Hull yesterday. Humberside Police received a call from a business establishment at Kingswood Retail Park at 6pm yesterday reporting...
by Casey Peyton | Oct 21, 2025 | General News, North Yorkshire
Investigations into illegal vapes and the unsafe storage of fireworks in Scarborough have led to a shop owner and his employee being fined. Nathan Pratt, of Westway, Eastfield, Scarborough, was found to have 2653 illegal vapes in his possession at the American Sweets...
