What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The ringleader of a criminal group involved in a long-running feud that led to Leeds’ first ‘gangbo’ injunctions has been jailed today over his involvement in a shooting in the city. Wakkas Butt, aged 26, from Beeston, styled himself as a gangster and drove a high-performance Audi RS3, carrying the
Parents across Leeds are being reminded to get their applications in for their child’s Reception school place for next September (2019). Parents and carers can visit the Leeds City Council website – www.leeds.gov.uk to complete an online application for their child’s primary school place, before the closing date of 15
Following news last month (October 2018) that south Leeds was to be excluded from the city’s proposed new Clean Air Zone, local residents are organising a campaign to challenge the Council to re-include their communities in the scheme. As previously reported, Leeds has amongst the highest levels of air pollution
It is sadly all too common in our big cities these days, Leeds included, to see people sitting on the ground asking for money, or huddled up against the cold sleeping in doorways. Homelessness is on the increase, but the vast majority of people affected contact their local council to