What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Update: we understand that Shantelle has been found safe and well. Police are urgently seeking the public’s help to locate missing teenager Shantelle Watson, of Oldfield Lane, Leeds. Fourteen-year-old Shantelle went missing from her home some time after midnight on Wednesday 8 April 2020. Her disappearance was reported to
There has recently been an increase in the theft of packages left in safe areas and especially communal areas around West Yorkshire left by delivery drivers. With our movements being restricted at this time, more of us are turning to online organisations and delivery firms to bring goods to our
UPDATED 31 March: Roxanne Bootland, from Leeds, who was the subject of a missing persons appeal, has been found safe and well. Police are appealing for the public’s help in tracing a missing woman from Leeds. Roxanne Bootland, aged 31, was last seen on Friday 20 March 2020 in
South Leeds Life is aware that one of our stories from 21 March 2020 has been used in an attempt to stir up racial tensions. Our report covered the situation, at that time, for both Muslim and Christian worshippers and highlighted the approaches being taken by Mosques in Beeston. Some
Police in Leeds are appealing for information to help trace a convicted burglar who is wanted on recall to prison. Steven Radcliffe, aged 42, from Holbeck, is wanted for breaching his licence conditions following his release from prison earlier this year. He is also wanted in relation to a burglary.
The Leeds South Neighbourhood Policing Team has been at the heart of an operation in South Leeds today (4 March 2020) which saw many doors knocked on, a few with considerable force. Drugs Warrants were executed at two addresses in the Longroyds area of Beeston this morning and at two
A man from Leeds who was the subject of a wanted persons appeal has been arrested and charged. Jamie Commons, aged 40, of Autumn Place, Hyde Park, was arrested on Sunday (1 March 2020) when officers from West Yorkshire Police Roads Policing Unit stopped a car in Hunslet. He was
Updated 18 February 11am: Bryn Perry has been found safe and well Police are concerned for the welfare of a 15-year-old boy who has been reported missing from home in Knottingley. Bryn Perry was last seen in the Belle Isle area of Leeds at 5pm on Friday, 14 February,
Detectives investigating an attempted serious sexual assault in the Middleton area of Leeds have arrested a man. The 39-year-old man was arrested yesterday (Sunday 16 February 2020) and is currently in custody. Officers from the Leeds District Safeguarding Unit are continuing to appeal for any witnesses who were in the
Detectives have made a fresh appeal for witnesses as they continue to investigate an attempted serious sexual assault on a woman in Leeds. The Leeds District Safeguarding Unit has said a number of enquiries are underway but they still want witnesses to come forwards as they investigate an incident which