Caterpillar driver held after tip-off

A 21-year-old Middlesbrough man was arrested near Thirsk at the wheel of a Caterpillar Telehandler by police who followed the huge yellow machine along the A170 down Sutton Bank after a tip off from the public at 12.45am yesterday.

Police want to speak to the occupants of a Subaru Forester driving near where the vehicle was seen and a Transit Tipper seen near a farm in Hutton Conyers when the Telehandler was stolen on Wednesday.