What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Police investigating three armed robberies in Bradford and Leeds have appealed for information. At about 7pm on Monday (12 January 2015), a man entered a house in Wooler Avenue, Beeston, and made demands for gold jewellery from one of the occupants. The man, who was believed to be carrying a
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious road traffic collision on the M621 on Tuesday night (6 January 2015). The incident happened at 5.15pm when a male pedestrian was in collision with a Peugeot 407 near to junction 2 (northbound) of the motorway (A643 Elland Road and Ingram Distributor).
2015 marks the tenth anniversary of 7/7, the London bombings. South Leeds Life has spoken to a range of local figures about those events, their aftermath and the decade since. Inspector Chris Bowen heads up the Inner South Neighbourhood Policing Team. He worked in Beeston until 2002 and returned in
Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Middleton on Boxing Day. At 5.50pm on Friday, police were called to a collision involving a double-decker bus and a 63-year-old man in Middleton Park Avenue at the junction with Throstle Road. The injured man, who was pronounced
Thanks to being a community reporter for South Leeds Life, I had the fantastic opportunity to experience my first Hamara Community Awards in Bradford on Thursday night (4 December 2014). Everyone who had been involved with Hamara in the last year and before came to celebrate the event in the Aagrah
West Yorkshire Police – Leeds Inner South Do you know someone who is 16-18 yrs old, lives in West Yorkshire and would like spend one evening a week gaining insight into modern policing and helping out in the community? If so you need to act fast, this year’s Explorer programme
Police want to speak to witnesses after a biker was seriously injured in a motorway crash outside Leeds. The 30-year-old man was on a blue and white Suzuki GSXR that was involved in a collision with a black Honda CR-V 4×4 on the eastbound carriageway of the M621 on
The following interview is with Rosie Campbell OBE who took up the Chief Executive Officer post at Leeds-based support agency Genesis in September 2013. Rosie has been heavily involved in researching, service development and sex work policy in the UK since 1995 and was one of the driving forces
Appeal: Fatal Collision, Middleton Grove, Leeds Saturday, 20 September, 2014 Police are appealing for witnesses after a man and a woman died and another man suffered serious injuries following a collision in Leeds this morning (Saturday. 20 September). The collision happened shortly after 5.30am in Middleton Grove, Beeston, and involved
Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly man and woman died following a road traffic collision in Beeston. Betty Laird, aged 88, had been the front seat passenger in a Renault Kangoo that was involved in a collision with a Volkswagen Passat in Old Lane, Beeston, at about 2.20pm