Liam McDermid, 25, admitted his involvement in serious organised crime after being spotted by a police surveillance operation while searching for the

Barthimaus Ehiemere, 25, of Hackney was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court to 18 years’ imprisonment for 47 offences against seven known victims.

An amber warning for snow – covering northeast England, including Scarborough, Whitby and parts south of Middlesbrough – is in force until