What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Police investigating a burglary at a block of apartments in Leeds have released an image of a man they want to speak to. At around 5.20pm on Tuesday 11 March 2025 a suspect was seen standing outside the building on Whitehall Place, Holbeck, before he then gained entry to a
A man has been jailed for 12 years for raping a woman in Leeds after following her as she walked home from a party. Daniel Hayelom, an off-duty private hire driver, targeted the victim after he saw her walking along Dewsbury Road, in Beeston, shortly after 6am on Sunday 22
With Sergeant Chloe Spencer Neighbourhood policing operates on effective engagement and consultation with its communities. On 23 April a joint partnership day was held in Cottingley to do just that; engage with members of the Cottingley community and consult with them on what issues really matter to them. Police officers
Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO, who manage council housing in Belle Isle) reported in a Facebook post: BITMO staff met West Yorkshire Police on Tuesady morning and discussed that in the last six weeks in Belle Isle there have been: * Nine burglaries, two of which involved people stealing
“BITMO tenants are sick and tired of the drug use and drug dealing in Belle Isle, the kids on bikes wearing balaclavas, the cars pulling up at all hours of the day and night, the smell of cannabis and the behaviour of the people who are high. All these things
A man has been found guilty of raping a woman in Leeds after following her as she walked home from a party. Daniel Hayelom, an off-duty private hire driver, targeted the victim after he saw her walking along Dewsbury Road, in Beeston, shortly after 6am on Sunday 22 October 2023.
A man has been given a 24-year sentence for a series of sexual offences against children in South Leeds. Karl Davison, 43, of Turnberry Gardens, Tingley, approached all of his victims on an electric scooter last summer, in some cases talking to them about the scooter or letting them ride
Further to our report on Monday, Police investigating the unexplained death of a man from Leeds are making an appeal for any information or witnesses who may have seen him in the time before he died. Officers were called at 8:29am on Wednesday 19 March 2025 to a report of
A scene has been in place outside a house on Marsden Grove in Beeston since Wednesday (19 March 2025). In a statement, West Yorkshire Police said: “Police were called at 8:29am on Wednesday, 19 March, to a report of a concern for safety for a man at a property on
A man who masterminded a violent robbery in Leeds where rare Porsche parts were stolen has been jailed after being tracked down by tenacious detective work over a four-year international manhunt. Wahseem Fazal tried to cheat justice by fleeing the country after he was charged over the armed robbery at