Katie Dickinson
UK
King has ‘instant bond’ with cancer patients during visit to new hospital centre
Charles was cheered by patients and staff at York Hospital, as he toured the site before the opening of the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Cancer Centre.
26 May 2026
Crime
Balaclava-wearing man identified by tattoos among four Sunderland rioters jailed
A judge said the defendants had ‘brought shame on the city’ by taking part in an ‘orgy of mindless, destructive violence’.
9 Aug 2024
Crime
Couple who joined Hartlepool riots after bingo session each jailed for 26 months
Steven Mailen and Ryan Sheers were ‘at the very forefront of the mob’.
8 Aug 2024
Crime
Far-right extremist who hosted terror websites viewed by Buffalo gunman jailed
Colin McNeil, from Leeds, was given an extended sentence over the two websites that spread far-right propaganda.
2 Aug 2024
UK
Skeleton of baby found under floorboards apparently ‘undisturbed for years’
The human remains were found on Monday morning in an upstairs room at an address in Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland.
31 Jul 2024
UK
Two men killed in North Yorkshire plane crash identified as families pay tribute
Matthew Bird, 21, was the pilot of the two-seater light aeroplane and the passenger was Oliver Dawes, 24, North Yorkshire Police said.
29 Jul 2024
Crime
Prison employee admits ‘inappropriate relationship’ with inmate
Kelsey Calvert also admitted bringing codeine into HMP Holme House, a category C men’s prison in Stockton-on-Tees.
26 Jul 2024
Crime
Man denies murdering his wife as she pushed their baby in a pram
Kulsuma Akter, 27, was stabbed to death in an attack in Bradford city centre on April 6.
25 Jul 2024
UK
Man bailed after being arrested over horror crash which left six dead
The man was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving over the fatal collision on the A61 on Sunday afternoon.
25 Jul 2024
Crime23 Jul 2024
Activists damaged tiles on Sunak’s home in ‘reckless’ protest
Four Greenpeace activists are on trial over the demonstration which saw Mr Sunak’s North Yorkshire mansion draped in black fabric
Crime
Man intends to deny arson and violent disorder after Harehills disturbances
Iustin Dobre, 37, was charged with setting a bus on fire by standing next to it with a lighter
22 Jul 2024
Politics
Safeguarding weaknesses at Catholic boarding school exposed children to abuse
The Charity Commission report into Ampleforth College found ‘significant weaknesses’ in the safeguarding, governance and management of two trusts
12 Jul 2024
Crime
Just Stop Oil activists spared jail after World Snooker Championship protest
Edred Whittingham and his fellow protester Margaret Reid were sentenced to 300 hours of unpaid work between them.
10 Jul 2024
Crime
‘Good Samaritan’ murder accused thought he had killed his own mother and sister
Hassan Jhangur had armed himself with a knife when he turned up at a house in Sheffield where one of his sisters was celebrating her marriage.
9 Jul 2024
Crime
Lone wolf terrorist found guilty of terror offence over hospital bomb plot
Mohammad Farooq, 28, was arrested outside St James’s Hospital in Leeds with a pressure cooker bomb in the early hours of January 20 last year
2 Jul 2024
Crime
Teen killer pictured holding knife on family holiday months before stabbing boy
Bardia Shojaeifard, 15, has been detained for life with a minimum term of 13 years for the murder of Alfie Lewis.
21 Jun 2024
Crime21 Jun 2024
Unmasked: Boy, 15, who stabbed teen to death on way home from school
Alfie Lewis was stabbed to death ‘in full view’ of pupils leaving a primary school in the Horsforth area of Leeds last November
Crime
Boy, 15, who fatally stabbed teenager on way home from school is named
Alfie Lewis, 15, was stabbed to death ‘in full view’ of pupils leaving a primary school in the Horsforth area of Leeds.
21 Jun 2024
Crime
‘Lone wolf terrorist’ talked down from hospital bomb plot by patient, trial told
Mohammad Farooq had planned to ‘kill as many nurses as possible’ when he was arrested outside St James’s Hospital in Leeds, jurors were told.
17 Jun 2024
UK4 Jun 2024
Rob Burrow was ‘loving, kind and caring’, wife says in moving tribute
Ex-rugby league player Burrow died at the age of 41 after a four-and-a-half-year battle with Motor Neurone Disease
UK
Kevin Sinfield ‘pretty heartbroken’ as he pays tribute to ‘superman’ Rob Burrow
Sinfield said the loss was ‘pretty raw still’ as he attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Rob Burrow Centre for MND.
3 Jun 2024