Leeds City Council has begun the trials for its first ‘Active Travel Neighbourhoods,’ designed to stop drivers using residential streets as rat runs. The scheme involves… Read More »Leeds Council blocks roads with planters as part of trial scheme to prevent rat runs
Photo credit: “Jeremy Morton / South Leeds Life”
By Jack Goodman
FAMILIES IN poverty in South Leeds are being offered a Christmas hamper to make the festive period more enjoyable.Read More »UPDATED: Health visitors prepare festive hampers to spread Christmas cheer to South Leeds
Leeds Magistrates’ Court
By Mike Berriman and Hayley Longster
A suspect in the Beeston rape case appeared in court this morning, and was formally charged with attempted murder, rape, and grievous bodily harm.
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Mohammed Sidique Khan (left), and Shehzad Tanweer (centre) were both from Beeston. Hasib Hussain (right) was from Holbeck.
As the country fell silent to remember the 52 killed in the 7/7 bombing, 10 years on residents in Beeston are trying to erase the area’s bad press.
A man suspected of the attempted rape and murder of an 18-year-old woman in Beeston is being extradited from Slovakia back to the UK. Detective… Read More »Man extradited back to UK over attempted murder and rape in Beeston