A lorry driver was tasered in the mouth by police after driving the wrong way up the M1 in a 50-mile chase in an 18-tonne heavy goods vehicle.
A court heard how it was a “miracle” no one was killed as Richard Lynch drove the truck the wrong up the mot…
A mother who killed her own twin children by drowning them in the bath is starting a 10 year jail term today.
Samantha Ford, 38, killed her 23-month-old toddlers Jake and Chloe in the bath and then crashed her car into the back of a lorry at 100mph, la…
A lorry driver who was involved in a fatal crash on Hessle Road has been cleared of causing death by careless driving.
Peter Sanderson was in a collision with cyclist Craig Beharrell, 42, in the West Hull road at 7.35am on July 17, 2017.
Mr Beharrell, …
WITH their distinctive red and cream livery they once were a familiar sight across West and North Yorkshire.The West Yorkshire Road Car Company’s buses and coaches were last seen on our roads 30 years ago this week.
What had been one of the country’s m…
A temporary bridge is now in place a week after flash floods damaged crossings, roads and properties in the Yorkshire Dales.
The bridge was transported up to the remote spot in Swaledale on the back of a low-loader truck yesterday (Wednesday, August 7)…
James Hudson’s white Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport Edition 40 was taken from the car park of Wentworth Garden Centre, in Rotherham, on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr Hudson said he worked at the centre and wondered if his car had been ‘stolen to order’.
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Police have told of the dramatic chase of a LGV which came to an end in Leeds when officers chased the culprits on foot and tasered them.
The vehicle was spotted in Derbyshire acting suspiciously while travelling northbound on the M1.
To stop it, polic…
Published: 13:56 Thursday 18 July 2019
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Police were in pursuit of a lorry driven the wrong way along the M1 as it was driven towards Wakefield in the early hours of this morning.
The ‘suspicious’ lorry was initially spotted by D…
Howard Jackson
Fears are growing for the safety of a well-known grain buyer in North Yorkshire after he went missing at the weekend.
Howard Jackson, 63, was last seen at about 8am on Saturday 13 July at his home in Marton-cum-Grafton, near&n…
As latest figures reveal 39 people have lost their lives on farms across the country in just one year, The Yorkshire Post takes a look at some of the tragedies that hit our county and pays tribute to the victims.
Harry Sowerby
Latest figures have re…
