What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The historic Grove Inn, which nestles under Bridgewater Place in Holbeck, suffered an arson attack yesterday (21 November 2023) and has had to close its doors until repairs can be carried out. In a statement, West Yorkshire Police said: “Police in Leeds are investigating after an attempted robbery and arson
A community building in Middleton has been damaged in a suspected arson attack on Thursday night (27 June 2019). The former Middleton Marauders ARLFC clubhouse on Acre Road has been empty for some years and previously suffered vandalism. West Yorkshire Police were called just after 9:30pm on Thursday evening to
A Hunslet builders yard was last night (in the early hours of Sunday 15 July 2018) torn apart by fires that residents have described as an “inferno” – and that the Police have now confirmed they are treating as an arson attack. Residents of Lake Terrace – just off Moor
Detectives investigating two linked arson attacks on places of worship in Leeds have released CCTV images of a suspect they want to identify. Officers investigating the fires which were started at the front doors of the Jamia Masjid Abu Huraira Mosque, in Hardy Street, Beeston, and the Guru Nanak Nishkam
Hundreds gathered by the Peace Tree in Cross Flatts Park in a show of unity this afternoon (10 June 2018) days after the arson attacks on a mosque and Sikh temple in Beeston. After speeches they moved off and marched peacefully to Hardy Street Mosque where flowers were laid, then
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
Police are appealing for information following two arson attacks on places of worship in Leeds early today (5 June 2018). At 3.42am this morning police were contacted by the fire service who were attending the Jamia Masjid Abu Huraira Mosque, in Hardy Street, Beeston, where the main door had been
A fire at MBS Autocare on Parkfield Street at the top of Dewsbury Road is being treated as a suspected arson attack. The fire was reported at about 1am on Wednesday (19 July 2017). The fire was started in a pile of tyres on railway banking at the back of
A diesel rail bus has been badly damaged by fire after Middleton Railway’s Moor Road premises were broken into on Tuesday night (8 February 2016). The vehicle, built in 1950, as an Overhead Line Inspection Vehicle, earning it the nickname Olive. It was used on the Sheffield-Manchester Woodhead line. Middleton
Police are appealing for information after two cars were set alight during a 48 hour period in the Cottingley Hall estate – less than three weeks since a similar spate led to four cars being burned out. The first incident this week took place between 11.30pm and 11.50pm on