What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A 43-year-old man has been arrested following the circulation of an appeal last night (7 August 2024) relating to sexual assaults in the Middleton area of Leeds. He remains in custody today while enquiries continue. Police issued a still from CCTV footage in the appeal the Leeds District Safeguarding Unit
Emergency services were called to an address on Tempest Road, Beeston at just after 1:16pm on Saturday (30 March 2024) and discovered the body of an adult woman. Despite medical attention she was confirmed to have died at the scene. A man in his 50s has been arrested on suspicion
A 59-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of illegal money lending following an operation in Leeds. The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) worked in partnership with officers from West Yorkshire Police to execute a warrant at addresses in the Beeston area today (22 November 2023). The suspect was
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder by detectives investigating a shooting in Leeds. The 36-year-old man was arrested when armed officers conducted an operation at an address in Barton Grove, Beeston Hill, shortly before 3pm on Monday (19 September 2022). His arrest relates to an ongoing
A man has been arrested by detectives investigating incidents of damage at two addresses in Leeds including one where a firearm was discharged. The 20-year-old man was arrested in an operation by firearms officers at Cottingley Springs traveller site, in Gelderd Road, in the early hours of yesterday morning (4
Peter Whitley, from Leeds, who was previously the subject of a wanted persons appeal, has now been arrested. Whitley, aged 36, of no fixed address, appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court yesterday (13 January 2020) charged with theft from a motor vehicle in Rodley at the weekend. He has been recalled
A man has been arrested this morning (29 August 2018) in connection with an incident where a shotgun was fired at a house in Leeds. The 28-year-old man was arrested in Beeston shortly after 5am in relation to an incident on last Thursday when firearms damage was caused to the
Detectives investigating two linked arson attacks on places of worship in Beeston have arrested a man. The 42-year-old was arrested at an address in Leeds last night (5 June 2018) on suspicion of arson in relation to the fires started at the front doors of the Jamia Masjid Abu Huraira
West Yorkshire Police have confirmed that officers arrested a man in Holbeck on Saturday (13 January 2018) on suspicion of child grooming. He was interviewed and released on police bail with conditions pending further enquiries. A group calling themselves Dark Justice posted this photo on Facebook on Saturday afternoon, claiming
A fight in the street in Middleton has left a man with what are understood to be head injuries caused by a knife. Police arrested a man in Middleton Park Avenue at about 3:20pm this afternoon (15 December 2017). A West Yorkshire Police spokesman told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “Officers