Woman who faked cancer to claim sick pay from Harrogate charity jailed for £87,000 fraud
A woman who pretended she had cancer in an “astonishingly unethical” fraud has been jailed for more than four years. Patricia Helen Robertshaw, who
Harrogate man jailed for possessing 2.2 million images of children and concealing prohibited firearms
A man from Harrogate has been jailed for 12 years and eight months years after more than 2.2 million indecent images of children and
PCC, Julia Mulligan, says she won’t stand for re-election in 2020
Julia Mulligan has today spoken to her team, the Chief Constable and Chief Fire Officer to inform them of her decision not to stand
Deer Shed Festival reveals its Generation XYZ-themed tenth anniversary science programme
26th-28th July 2019 Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, North Yorkshire North Yorkshire’s Deer Shed Festival has announced its Generation XYZ-themed science programme – previously dubbed a
Home Office agree to fund additional costs of policing fracking protests
North Yorkshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner has won her bid to receive Home Office funding for the additional costs incurred locally for policing
Big Read tours the North
Crime writing is to tour libraries across the North of England this June with its annual Big Read. Mari Hannah, author, Programming Chair, and
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What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs, and makes a slinkity sound? A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing, everyone knows it’s Slinky.
Watchdog approves Commissioner’s policing council tax proposal with reluctance
After vetoing an initial proposal put to them earlier this month, the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel has today reluctantly approved an
Survey aims to tackle supply of illicit tobacco
A survey is under way to determine the extent of the problem of illicit tobacco in North Yorkshire communities. Illicit tobacco is cigarettes, hand-rolling
Crime Wave Heads to Harrogate
The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, has unveiled its 2019 Special Guests. This year’s Programming Chair is the award-winning author Mari Hannah, bringing
