Crime

A congregation left heartbroken after the mindless vandalism of their church is appealing to the Batley community for help to recover its losses.

Police in West Yorkshire have been given £1.2m in special grant funding to assist investigations into historic child sexual exploitation cases.

Education is the key in the fight against terrorism on the streets of Yorkshire, the head of counter terrorism police has said as it was revealed officers are running more than 700 live investigations across the country. .

West Yorkshire Police is one of only two forces across the country to be rated as outstanding for crime recording, a latest inspection has revealed

Police are now urgently searching across the country for a 16-year-old girl missing from her home in Yorkshire.

West Yorkshire Police have released CCTV images of a man they wish to speak to in connection with a report of a serious sexual assault in Huddersfield.

Fewer people are being charged with stealing vehicles and joyriding in West Yorkshire, new figures reveal.

Detectives investigating child sexual exploitation in Rotherham have made arrests in Dewsbury.

A man was taken to hospital for treatment for an eye injury after an incident at a bar in Batley during the early hours of the morning.

A jealous husband sliced a piece of a man's ear off with a machete for saying "hi" to his wife.

A man has been left seriously injured after a targeted hit and run in Dewsbury.