The body of a man has been discovered in Woodhouse Moor this morning, police have confirmed. A cordon has been set up near the Library Pub after West Yorkshire Police were called to the park […]
Leeds nightclub boycott planned after reports of women being ‘injected with needles’
Students say they will boycott nightclubs in Leeds next week to pressure venues to introduce tighter security measures amid reports of several women being spiked with needles. It comes as West Yorkshire Police confirmed today […]
The True Crime Podcast to Get you Through the Horrors of COVID-19: RedHanded
An interview with Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire, the hosts of the spine-tingling podcast RedHanded.
Students fearful as pre-teen gang rampage local streets
The Gryphon spoke to students in Leeds about the events of the last week. Following the recent reports of a machete wielding pre-teen gang in Hyde Park, West Yorkshire Police have confirmed that four arrests […]
Armed Police Arrest Man in Leeds City Centre
Last Thursday at approximately 6.30am, witnesses report seeing armed police officers entering the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Wellington Street, as part of a siege to arrest a man on suspicion for firearms offences. In the […]
Don’t Lock Up Terrorists… Deradicalise Them Instead
On Monday of last week Sudesh Amman appallingly stabbed two people in Streatham, South London before he was shot dead by the police. It was quickly announced to be a terrorist attack of an Islamic […]
Immune from Justice: Harry Dunn Case
In the latest challenge to the so-called, ‘special relationship’ between the UK and the US, the wife of a US diplomat has fled the UK after being implicated in the tragic death of 19-year-old Harry […]
Staff at The Skyrack Pub Ambushed by Armed Robbers
Three masked robbers ambushed staff at The Skyrack pub in Headingley at around 1.45am on Monday (4th March). The men came armed with an axe, a hammer, and a knife. They first confronted two staff […]
FGM in the UK: A Silent Crime
In 2003, laws concerning female genital mutilation (FGM) were updated, making it a specific offense in UK law to not only conduct FGM but also to aid or assist in someone else performing it. This […]
Burglaries up by 52% in Hyde Park and Headingley Since 2015
As first year comes to an end in Leeds, and former-freshers are thrust from the comforts of University accommodation, most flock to Hyde Park to seek refuge. Hyde Park has, simultaneously, both a great and […]
In Manchester and Leeds, are austerity measures leading to rising crime rates?
Police cuts across the UK have been an increasingly discussed issue across the last year. It is one that has also become increasingly politicised with the Labour Party frequently attacking Tory austerity policies that have […]
The Cohen Conundrum: Criminal Conspiracy or Partisan Politics?
The President of the United States has been named as a co-conspirator to federal crimes. Not by tabloids or besmirched rivals, but in a court of law, as a plea accepted by prosecutors and delivered […]