What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Beecroft girls, Ada aged 6 years and Annie aged 4 years, were the illegitimate daughters of Thomas Mellor. Their mother Ada Beecroft, had been committed to the Menston Asylum at Guiseley where she died in November 1899. Some time before Ada’s death Mellor had moved in with another woman
In August 1918 a woman, Annie Mayne, aged 29 was murdered. Annie Mayne was married to Charles Washington Mayne but after eight years the marriage broke up after she was found in bed with Ben Hindle Benson and he took no further interest in her life; he moved into another
A man has been given a life sentence after being convicted of the murder of a man whose battered body was found hidden under paving slabs and pallets outside an address in Leeds. The victim, Bradley Wall, aged 24, was found in a stairwell to the basement of a house
Detectives have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a man in Leeds. Officers from West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team are now leading the investigation into the death of Paul Banks, aged 46, from Farnley. He was found unconscious in the street in Bodmin Crescent, Middleton,
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man in Leeds. At 11:53pm last night (8 April 2021) police were called to a report of a man having been stabbed at an address in Bismarck Street, Beeston. The victim, a 51-year-old man, was pronounced
The family of a retired merchant navy captain who would have celebrated his 90th birthday today (Tuesday 22 September 2020) have made a heartfelt appeal for anyone with information about his murder to come forward. Leonard Farrar, 71, was found dead in the hallway of his home on Cardinal Road,
A 33 year old man arrested in Leeds on Sunday 15 December 2019, has now been charged with the murder of Keith Harrower, also known as Joshua French. Omar Ishaq of Low Lane in Horsforth appeared before Leeds Magistrates this morning (18 December) Keith Harrower died after being stabbed in
A man has appeared in court today (17 December 2019) charged with murder in relation to the death of a man in Beeston last week. Kearon Barker, aged 30, of Cardinal Crescent, Beeston, appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court this morning charged over the death of Keith Harrower, who was also
Detectives investigating the murder of a man in Beeston have released his identity. Keith Harrower, who was also known as Joshua French, was pronounced dead in hospital after being stabbed in an incident outside the Premier supermarket, in Dewsbury Road, Beeston, shortly before 5:30pm on Thursday 12 December 2019. A
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to the death of man in Beeston. The men, aged 30 and 35, were arrested yesterday morning (13 December 2019) in connection with the death of a 40-year-old man who was pronounced dead in hospital after being stabbed during