What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Five men and a woman have been arrested in a series of raids at addresses in Leeds last Tuesday (18 August 2026) as part of an investigation into the organised theft of cargo from heavy goods vehicles nationally. The operation, led by officers from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised
A number of people have been arrested and warrants executed at addresses in Leeds as part of an investigation into theft and Class A drug supply offences. The warrants were executed at addresses on Stafford Street, Hunslet; Chelsea Grove, Wortley; and Tempest Road, Beeston; combined with arrest enquiries at further
Parcel thefts across areas such as Leeds Dock, Victoria Riverside and other city centre apartment developments have become a chronic problem for residents the city centre and parts of LS10 and LS11. Councillors Mohammed Iqbal and Paul Wray (Labour, Hunslet & Riverside) have been working with their Labour counterparts in
Officers in Leeds have issued a CCTV image of a woman they would like to speak to in connection to the theft of a dog. The dog, a German Shepherd named Rocky, was in the rear of a premises on Dewsbury Road, Beeston, when an unknown woman walked into the
Last month, my wife and I had an unfortunate experience: three lads drove up outside our house in Beeston Hill, in broad daylight, with crowbars, jacked up our car, sawed the exhaust off our car, and drove off. It wasn’t a terrible thing (no-one got hurt, the car got fixed,
The Middleton Railway is all that remains to remind us of centuries of coal mining around Middleton and Hunslet. Over the years dedicated volunteers have preserved the track and secured and restored items of historical interest. Many of these are examples of the engineering skills once found in Hunslet and
An ambulance crew have had their personal belongings stolen whilst responding to an emergency in Leeds. It happened as they treated a patient at St Luke’s Green in the Beeston area of the city on the evening of Sunday 28 January. One of the ambulance’s windows was smashed, before
Innovative forensic traceable liquid to join fight against paving stones thefts in Leeds A state-of-the-art initiative to tackle the theft of Yorkshire paving stones is to be introduced in hot-spot areas by Leeds City Council. South Leeds Life has reported on several incidents paving stone thefts, in the Beeston and
E-Fit Appeal: Police Release Image in Connection with Theft in Beeston. Monday 16 May, 2016. Police in Leeds have released an E-Fit of a man they would like to trace in connection with theft in Beeston. The incident happened on Friday 6 May around 8:30pm when the female victim went
Beeston residents have been shocked to discover large quantities of paving slabs stolen – in many cases, in broad daylight – from the pathways of the Hunslet Moor area, just off Dewsbury Road in Beeston. This is the second spate of paving theft in the area since the New Year,