All news on the topic: West Yorkshire Police

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A married police chief had an affair with a rookie officer half his age and attempted to conceal the relationship when she was arrested
Daniel Greenwood headed West Yorkshire Police’s Covid enforcement team - but he breached the rules himself to have sex with probationary officer Caitlin Howarth
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Mum and three children killed in house fire named
Police have identified the mother and three children who died in a tragic Bradford house fire, suspected to be a domestic incident. A 39-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
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Racist thug jailed for vile Leeds riots revealed to be a paedophile hunter
Phil Hoban, founder of a controversial paedophile hunting group Predator Exposure, made vile racist gestures and yelled "who the f*** is Allah?" at the Leeds event, but told West Yorkshire Police he was asking "who is Allan?"
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Police arrest 20 following terrifying Leeds riots where bus was set on fire
Seventeen people have been arrested in connection with major disturbance and arson in Harehills, Leeds - which saw a double-decker bus and cars set on fire
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Woman arrested in Leeds after car ‘set alight’ with children inside
Police hold 19-year-old on suspicion of arson after two children were rescued from burning vehicle
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Leeds riots: Shocking images reveal angry mob vandalizing police car on the street
A burnt out bus with smoke still rising from it can be seen in an area of Leeds after a night of violent disorder where people took to the streets, started throwing stones and setting vehicles ablaze
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Tragic death of child in Bradford house fire; women and three children escape
West Yorkshire Police were called to a fire in Bradford in which a child tragically died with four other people - including three children - taken to hospital, they have confirmed
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Grooming gang sentenced to nearly 350 years for rape of eight young girls
A gang of sexual predators who committed horrific acts of abuse against at least eight young girls over the course of a decade have finally been jailed.
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Woman, 27, stabbed to death in broad daylight in busy city centre as cops launch urgent hunt for man who fled the scene
Cops are hunting for a man after a woman was knifed to death in broad daylight.
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Toddler dies after dad reverses on driveway and she wanders into blind spot
Hanniyah Bint Vaqas Younis had been playing in her family’s back garden, before wandering along a path and through an unsecured gate to the front drive, where she sat behind her dad's car
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Murder victim 'told come back tomorrow when she tried to report domestic abuse'
Marcus Osborne, who murdered Katie Higton and her new partner Steven Harnett in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was today sentenced to life in jail for the killings
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Shannon Matthews' kidnapper now from prison pen pal to 'bizarre' public sighting
Michael Donovan was put behind bars after kidnapping schoolgirl Shannon Matthews but halfway through his sentence, he was released back into society where he was found spending hours at Leeds marketplace
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'Wartime bomb' found near train line sparks major police investigation
Trains have been cancelled and a major road closed after a 'wartime bomb' was discovered near train tracks in Bradford - just days after thousands were evacuated in Plymouth
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Vulnerable dad froze to death after being released from custody with no money
A police officer at the scene thought that Mark Wilfred Davies, 53, who had been missing for 11 days, was already dead. He had no shoes and holes in his socks and he was "dirty and skinny"
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Family who 'lived in fear' for three years lose everything in 'arson attack'
Inas Himedan, 33, from Huddersfield, along with her husband Yousef Khaled and their two young children, have been left with "nothing but their pyjamas", following the blaze that saw them jump from their second floor flat
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Mum throws kid from top floor in fatal fire as she yells 'we're going to die'
Inas Himedan, a 33-year-old from Huddersfield, has described the moment she threw her child from a top floor window after waking up to find their home engulfed by flames
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Woman found dead pictured as homeless man due in court on murder charge
Police said the 44-year-old was found dead at a property in the Harehills area in the east of the city, a man has now been charged with her murder.
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Rookie cop's killers went on vodka-fuelled brothel trip before murder, jury told
The gang behind a robbery at Universal Express Travel in Bradford in 2005 which left rookie police officer PC Sharon Beshenivsky dead allegedly went on a champagne and vodka fuelled night out at a brothel hours before
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12,000 nurses, police officers and firefighters off sick in waiting list chaos
A whopping 8,614 nurses, 2,752 police officers and 568 firefighters are away from work for long term health reasons, according to data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats
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Mum found after stillborn baby discovered in pub toilet sparks massive search
The mother of a stillborn baby who was discovered in a toilet cubicle at the Three Horse Shoes, in Oulton, near Leeds, on Sunday, has now been found by police and is being given support
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Abandoned baby girl was ‘stillborn inside pub toilet’ before being left alone
A baby who was found dead in the toilet of The Three Horse Shoes pub in Oulton, near Leeds, is believed to have been stillborn, said police as the search continues for the mother
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Pub employee who found dead baby in toilet during busy carvery 'traumatised'
The Three Horse Shoes pub in Oulton, West Yorkshire remained closed on Monday with a staff member being given emergency support after a dead baby was found in the venue's toilet
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Newborn baby found dead in pub toilet as police launch search for mum
A newborn baby has been found dead in the Three Horse Shoes pub in Oulton, near Leeds on Sunday with police now appealing for the mother to come forward or seek medical help
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Chilling text sent week before callous killer beat her own grandma to death
Joanne Hussey, who is from Yeadon, Leeds, was branded "evil and greedy" by police after she murdered her 76-year-old grandmother Annie Garbutt with a garden spade
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Man dies after falling down manhole during 80mph winds
The man, who has not yet been named, was discovered in Bradford shortly after 7.15am today. It is feared he fell in hours earlier