What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds residents are being reminded about the dangers of binning batteries and hot ash from barbeques after three separate incidents in refuse collection vehicles in the last week. A waste crews was carrying out collections in Staith Gardens and Town Street, Middleton when smoke started emerging from the back of
As Leeds enjoys summer temperatures, park visitors are reminded that barbecues are not permitted in the city’s parks, to protect the parks and their wildlife. Whilst barbecues and any other fire lighting is banned from Leeds’s parks and greenspaces, picnics are more than welcome. Barbecues increase the risk of accidental
The release of the Grenfell Inquiry report on 4 September demonstrated in forensic detail how a culture of “systemic dishonesty” led to the disaster that cost 72 people their lives, seriously injured around 70 more and robbed 600 people of their homes and all their possessions. Importantly, the Inquiry concluded
Wakefield Road in Stourton was closed in both directions this morning (7 May 2024) as fire crews battled a blaze at The Queen’s former public house. The pub has been empty since it closed in 2019 and was already in a poor state of repair with scaffolding erected to prevent
Leeds New Station was given Royal Assent in 1865 and it opened to traffic in 1869 and was situated off New Station Street and roughly occupied the area where Platforms 9 to 17 at the present station are situated. This station was designed by Thomas Prosser the architect for the
Leeds City College’s Printworks Campus on Hunslet Road was damaged by a fire overnight (7 December 2022). The alarm was raised just after midnight and the fire was located in a plant room by the first crews on site from Hunslet Fire Station. At the height of the fire eight
Residents in Beeston are being asked for information to help stop a series of recent arson attacks on cars in the community – but some of the victims have also expressed frustration at the apparent lack of response or action from the Police. The past months have seen an unprecedented
A fire broke out at a motor services business on Dewsbury Road in Beeston in the early hours of this morning (24 May 2021). The incident is being treated as arson by the Police. West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue were called to the scene, which they described as involving a
Fire crews attended a house in Westbourne Street, Beeston in the early hours of this morning (7 May 2021) after receiving reports of flames coming out of the roof. The fire was in the attic of the terraced house which has been converted into four flats. All the occupants were
Fire at Acre Court, Middleton last night (20 April 2021) approx 7pm. I live next door to number 37 – the flat that was on fire. I was on my way to my kitchen, when I heard a faint alarm in the corridor, next to my flat. The corridor was