POLICE in West Yorkshire have been accused of "false economy" after it emerged numbers of traffic cops have been slashed by almost two thirds in the last five years.
COMPLAINTS of rape from students are up by almost 300 per cent in the space of just five years in West Yorkshire, new police figures show, rising at a faster pace than overall allegations of that crime.
POLICE have dealt with almost 4,000 reported emergency incidents over the Easter weekend in West Yorkshire, the force has revealed.
A MAN was injured during a blaze in the basement of a Post Office building in Bradford and needed hospital treatment.
PLANNERS in Bradford are being asked to give permission for a side and rear extension at an address where the work has already been completed. A retrospective planning application has been submitted for the work, at an address in Glen View Avenue, by Mrs Sarah Andre of Belmont Design Services, Wibsey. Council planning officials will make a decision later on whether to allow the extension to stay.
NUMBERS of motorists fined or prosecuted for speeding on West Yorkshire's motorway network tumbled by more than half last year, compared to 2013.
POLICE mounted a huge firearms operation and arrested three suspects, leaving a Bradford road closed for around three hours.
TRAFFIC faced delays on Bradford’s ring-road after a van ended up overturned in the carriageway at about 5pm today.
A CAR passenger was taken to hospital with head injuries following a collision between a Renault Clio and a Range Rover.
A CAR police have seen being driven dangerously has been seized after being found unattended. Officers had previously seen the gold Ford Focus being driven at high speed and hand-brake turned in Thackeray Road on the Ravenscliffe estate then saw it again being driven at speed on Stonegate Road, Thorpe Edge.
