What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Problems associated with street prostitution in Holbeck continue, but agencies including the Police and Cleansing have increased their activity and there is improved dialogue between residents and agencies. Since we reported on the public meeting on 3 October, a Reference Group has been established to enable dialogue between Holbeck residents
There has been a great deal of debate about the Holbeck managed prostitution area ever since it was introduced three years ago as a pilot scheme. The aim was to try and control the impact of prostitution on the lives of local residents as it’s been a problem for a
The quarterly Holbeck Community Meeting on Tuesday 3 October will discuss Safer Leeds’ ‘Managed Approach’ to prostitution in the area. The meeting, which starts at 7:30pm at St Matthew’s Community Centre, is organised by the Inner South Community Committee. With residents complaints rising over recent months, residents will have to
Police have released a dedicated telephone number for residents to report breaches of the Managed Approach to sex work in Holbeck. The number is: 07534 309568. The phone line was promised at a public meeting held at St Matthew’s Community Centre on 27 February, but has been delayed. Residents are
Not for the first time, I spent a very interesting Saturday morning in St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck this week. The room was packed with residents who wanted to have their say about the managed sex work area, for once those responsible for the decision were present to explain
Over 100 people packed into St Matthew’s Community Centre on Saturday morning (27 February 2016) to put their views to Council bosses and Police officers. The meeting to discuss the ‘managed sex work area’ was organised by local councillors and chaired by Cllr Angela Gabriel. Most of the residents were
There’s been a lot of debate in Holbeck recently about the ‘managed area’ for prostitution. The story goes as follows. There’s long been prostitution in the area and it has caused nuisance and distress to local residents. The police have tried their normal approach although according to research by York
Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of 21-year-old woman who was found in Holbeck in the early hours of this morning. At 1.18am today (23 December 2015) officers were called to Springwell Road, in Holbeck, where the woman, Daria Pionko, had been found unconscious with injuries consistent
When is a story not a story? Or to put it another way, when is it better not to publish a story? I’m referring to the Yorkshire Evening Post’s coverage of the ‘managed red light zone’ in Holbeck. In case you missed it, they reported on a scheme where prostitutes