A former North Yorkshire Police officer has revisited the dog unit that he helped to establish more than 60 years ago. Alan ...

Alan Smith served with North Yorkshire Police and York City from 1955 to 1982 and was one of two officers to set up the patch ...

A pioneer who helped introduce police dogs into the county has been celebrated with a special visit.

In 1974, when North Yorkshire Police was formed, Mr Smith and Mr Poole joined the new force’s Dog Section. Sergeant Gareth Gummerson, head of North Yorkshire’s Dog Section, said: "It was an honour to ...

Alan Smith, 91, a former North Yorkshire Police officer, revisited the Dog Section near Northallerton to celebrate his role in founding the region’s police dog unit in the early 1960s with the late ...

New figures released by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) show that passenger usage across the Yorkshire Coast railway network has continued its strong recovery, reaching a total of 2.33 million ...

A man in his 50s is being held following the attack in Bellhouse Way in York on Friday.

The man suffered a potentially life-changing leg injury during the city centre incident, police say.

A man has been arrested after armed police were forced to shoot a dog in order to protect the public after it bit someone ...