What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
West Yorkshire Police have confirmed that a man wanted for recall to prison was arrested in Beeston this afternoon (13 February 2020). In a statement they told South Leeds Life: “At 2.23pm today a PCSO on patrol in Harlech Road, Beeston, saw a man who was wanted on recall to
Mark-Burns Williamson who is the Police & Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire visited our Social Centre last Saturday (25 January 2020) to see what a difference the Safer Communities Fund Grant we received from them had made to us. We had been having a lot of vandalism on our new
Police investigating a fatal collision in Middleton from November last year are appealing for the public’s help. Despite enquiries to date, no witnesses have been identified. The collision happened at around 5.30pm on Monday 4 November, on New Forest Way, when a reversing silver Vauxhall Vivaro van hit 75-year-old female
As many will have seen this week, knife crime and violent crime have again hit the national headlines. Figures released last week show that West Yorkshire Police have managed to reduce crimes involving a knife or sharp instrument by 8% for the period up to the end of September. This
Police are appealing for information after a man was injured during a robbery in a South Leeds park. The victim, a 37-year-old man, was attacked in Cross Flatts Park, off Dewsbury Road, Beeston, sometime between 1-1.30am on Tuesday 14 January 2020. He was punched during the incident and suffered a
A man was knocked to the floor and had a liquid squirted in his face as two people assaulted him and stole his wallet and mobile phone. The incident happened late on Friday 10 January opposite the Aldi store on Tunstall Road in Beeston. All three emergency services attended, the
Detectives are appealing for information after a man was stabbed in Leeds. The victim, a 31-year-old man, was attacked by two men armed with machetes as he was getting out of his car in Aberfield Gardens, Belle Isle, at about 6.30pm on Wednesday (15 January 2020). He was stabbed in
Peter Whitley, from Leeds, who was previously the subject of a wanted persons appeal, has now been arrested. Whitley, aged 36, of no fixed address, appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court yesterday (13 January 2020) charged with theft from a motor vehicle in Rodley at the weekend. He has been recalled