The Latest Breaking News from West Yorkshire Police

Man seriously injured after wrong-way crash on motorway

This is the latest incident amid a spate of tragic road collisions with vehicles driving the wrong way down the road

The Independent UK · Sep 12

UK grooming case: 20 jailed for 277 years over rape and abuse of girls between 1995 and 2003

20 people have been sentenced to a combined 277 years in prison in one of West Yorkshire Police’s biggest child sexual abuse investigations, involving the grooming and rape of three vulnerable girls in Kirklees between 1995 and 2003.

The Times of India · May 20

‘Utterly devastated’: Family of girl, 16, who was fatally stabbed in Leeds pay emotional tribute

Chloe Watson Dransfield died in hospital after being found unconscious in the Austhorpe area of the city

The Independent UK · Mar 30

UK man posts holiday photo from Florida and ends up spending the night in a prison cell, all because of what he was holding

Angry Brits can't handle Florida guns

We Got This Covered · Dec 1, 2025

Trainee Police Officer Gets Lifetime Ban After Revealing Inside Secrets To Dealer Boyfriend

"Allowed to resign? Why is she not in court?"

Bored Panda · Nov 27, 2025

Three people in their 80s arrested in child sexual abuse probe

The accusations date back to the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025

Two more men arrested after Ian Watkins death

West Yorkshire Police have told how two more men, aged 23 and 39, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, in relation to the death of former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins.

BANG Premier · Oct 21, 2025

Former Aviva boss killed when Aston Martin crashed into tree

David Barral was pronounced dead at the scene, West Yorkshire Police said.

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025

Former Aviva CEO dies in car crash aged 63

David Barral led Aviva as chief executive from 2011 to 2015

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025

Murdered Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins 'had target on his back', says ex-girlfriend

Watkins’ ex-girlfriend says the convicted paedophile ‘was walking around with a target on his back from the first day he entered prison’

Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2025