What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A Hunslet pub which had its licence suspended after Police concerns about drugs and stolen property was damaged by fire in the early hours of this morning (18 October 2017). As South Leeds Life previously reported, West Yorkshire Police raised concerns in June with Leeds City Council’s Licensing Panel about
West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service have issued advice to residents living in high rise tower blocks. Two videos have been released showing what to do if a fire breaks out in your flat … … and what to do if a fire breaks out in another flat in
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
Cross Flatts Park in Beeston has seen a significant increase in fires this winter. South Leeds Life has been canvassing opinion from park users and residents who overlook the park In news that will come at little surprise to locals, the Fire Service has attended over 40 fires in the
Five fire engines attended Cottingley Towers just after midnight last night (00:31 on Friday 10 February 2017) to tackle a flat fire. Breathing apparatus was used and one firefighter suffered smoke inhalation. He was taken to hospital for a precautionary check up. No one else was injured in the blaze.
Fire engines from Hunslet Fire station attended a fire on Acre Road, Middleton last night. A caravan parked on the drive was alight as they arrived at around 1am (31 January 2017) and the fire had spread to two adjoining houses. The houses suffered external damage but it is understood
Fire broke out at the former Polestar Petty printworks on Whitehall Road in Holbeck at lunchtime today, Friday 7 October 2016. Whitehall Road was closed between Springwell Road and Globe Road as ten fire engines attended to the fire. West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service reported that no one had
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
A toddler and a baby were rescued by fire crews through the first floor window from a house fire on Sissons Lane, Middleton around midnight last night (27 January 2015). Two fire engines, one from Hunslet and one from Rothwell attended the blaze which started after an unattended chip pan
A fire broke out at the HW Martin waste treatment plant in the early hours of this morning (31st July 2013). This afternoon fire crews were still hosing down clearing up. Twelve fire engines were called to incident on the Parkside industrial estate, off Dewsbury Road. The incident caused