A crack down on burglary has seen 13 suspects arrested in 24 hours.

The arrests were made between the early hours of 3 to 4 January 2013. They were made in connection with separate burglaries across North Yorkshire and include suspects arrested in Cleveland and Bradford.

• A 38-year-old man from York was arrested on 3 January following a burglary in the early hours of 3 January in Green Dykes Lane, York.

• A 48-year-old York man was arrested on 3 January in connection with a burglary in Heslington Road over Christmas. He has been released on bail while enquiries continue. A 51-year-old woman was also arrested on suspicion of theft and arranging to handle stolen goods. She has been released on bail while enquiries continue.

• Two men from York aged 24 and 26 were arrested at around 9pm on 3 January in connection with a commercial burglary on Moor Lane, York on 30 December. They remain in custody for questioning.
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Binmen have arrived in the Westfield and Woodthorpe areas this morning (Saturday) to empty grey bins. Some of the bins haven’t been emptied for 18 days.

According to the Council web site, recycling collections won’t generally take place until Tuesday for those that were missed on 1st January. However a separate “twitter” statement issued by the Council promises that recycling collections teams will be “working over the weekend”.

http://www.york.gov.uk/content/45090/64365/Household_waste_-_collection/Revised_collection_list.pdf

Meanwhile some sub-urban recycling banks are now full to overflowing adding to the litter drift which is threatening to engulf some parts of the City.

The local neighbourhood policing team are reporting that an arrest has been made following the discovery of cannabis growing at a property in Foxwood.