Crime

A fish shop and cafe owner cheated the taxpayer out of £75,000 during a seven-year VAT scam.

Police have issued a warning after a spate of burglaries in Kirklees where suspects pretended to be from the council or utility companies.

Recruitment is now open to join West Yorkshire Police, and for the first time police officers will study towards a degree as part of their training.

A fourteen year old boy suffered a fractured skull and bleeding to his brain after being subjected to a brutal street attack by a gang of teenagers.

A man from Batley has appeared in court in connection with a spate of burglaires.

Three men accused of murdering a Batley man in Wakefield have appeared in court.

Drivers fraudulently using blue badge parking permits can expect to be prosecuted if they are caught in Kirklees.

A Dewsbury man who denies causing the death of a Pontefract grandmother will stand trial next year.

The number of serious attacks on officers resulting in injury rose in West Yorkshire last year, figures reveal.

A motorist who denies causing the death of a Pontefract grandmother will stand trial next year.

A driver was seen running from a car after they lost control and flipped it over landing in a field.

A former police officer has admitted misconduct in a public office after starting a sexual relationship with a woman who he met as a victim of crime.

A former Kirklees police officer has admitted misconduct in a public office after starting a sexual relationship with a woman who he met as a victim of crime.

A Batley man who was killed in Wakefield has been named as three men are charged with his murder.