What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds Community Foundation have launched The Leeds Fund strategic grants programme to support Resilience of Community Organisations across the city. The £600k fund will distribute grants to grassroots groups supporting core costs which will enable strategic development work alongside daily delivery, giving the sector the best chance of both delivering
Coroner’s officers are looking for information to trace the relatives of Steven Smith. Mr Smith, aged 66 years who lived in the Beeston area of Leeds, died on the 24 December 2020. His death is from natural causes. Any one with information is asked to call Coroner’s officer Emma Ross
UPDATE: Ella Parnell has been found safe and well Police are appealing for information on Ella Parnell, who has been reported missing from her home in Holbeck. Ella, who is 16 and is about 5ft 8ins tall, was last seen at her home at about 10pm yesterday (Tuesday 19 January
Two men have been arrested this morning (20 Januiary 2021) as part of an investigation into the shooting of man in Middleton. The men, aged 21 and 60, were arrested on suspicion of firearms offences when armed officers conducted enquiries at an address in The Close, Richmond Hill, earlier today.
Detectives have made more arrests and are continuing to appeal for information regarding a shooting in Middleton in Leeds. The Homicide and Major Enquiry Team has renewed its appeal for witnesses as detectives continue to investigate an incident in which a man was shot in the leg in Thorpe Road,
Leeds City Council’s refuse team has made positive progress in collecting the high number of bins that could not be emptied last week due to heavy snowfall and subsequent icy conditions on roads, streets and footpaths. It is estimated that over 100,000 bins were missed. Teams were operating over the
Due to the ongoing impact of Covid-19, Foster4Leeds, Leeds City Council’s fostering service, are urgently seeking to increase the number of foster carers available to care for children and young people throughout the city. The council works extremely hard to continually recruit local foster carers. The number of families fostering
The new UK Covid-19 variant is now believed to be responsible for around one in every five cases of the virus detected in Leeds, new figures have revealed. Residents and communities across the city are being urged to stay home whenever possible and keep contact with others to an absolute
Due to the very difficult frozen snow and icy conditions on roads and paths resulting from the heavy snow yesterday, bin collections are suspended today (Friday 15 January 2021). Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) will also remain closed. We are continuing to review closely the weather forecast and conditions on
Leeds City Council’s gritting teams have been working flat out to keep local roads safe following today’s heavy snowfall (14 January 2021). Gritting of primary routes – around 800 miles of road – took place at 4.30am and 8am this morning, with pre-emptive grits at 4pm and 7.30pm yesterday. A