What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
Canal & River Trust sees increase in numbers of people jumping into its canals and rivers and issues reminder ahead of World Drowning Prevention Day (25 July 2021) asking families to stay SAFE by water As temperatures soar, Canal & River Trust, the waterways and wellbeing charity which cares for
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
Ten fire appliances, an aerial unit and a specialist unit attended a fire at an industrial unit on Pepper Road in Hunslet this evening (23 April 2021). A plume of black smoke could be seen from across the city from the fire which is believed to have started in a
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
Beeston and Holbeck Councillors, Gohar Almass, Andrew Scopes and Angela Gabriel, have thanked the Fire Service for the ‘vital lifeline’ they have provided in responding to the challenges of the pandemic. Cllr Gohar Almass, Chair of the Community Safety Committee at the West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority, has highlighted
West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue attended a house fire on Broom Crescent just after 11pm last night (29 September 2020). A man and a woman escaped the fire, which had started downstairs but spread to the first floor. The woman suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
With UK temperatures set to soar late this week as parts of Yorkshire & North East England reach highs of up to 30C, Canal & River Trust is asking people to stay safe by water, avoid open water swimming in their local canals, rivers and reservoirs and seek alternative ways
A man was injured in a fire at a house on Stratford Terrace in Beeston in the early hours of this morning (26 June 2020). The fire occurred in the the top floor flat, but the man was able to escape before the fire service arrived at 2:23am. He suffered