Student houses across Hyde Park and Headingley have been targeted by burglars over the Christmas period. Over 30 houses were burgled during the first two weeks of January, with 64 per cent of these properties […]
News | Bike burglar gives up half way
If only the outcome of all burglaries was the same as the half-hearted one committed in Hyde Park last week. Fourth year English Literature student, Alex Roadnight’s bike was stolen from a locked garden shed […]
News | Laptop stolen in daylight robbery
A student has had his laptop stolen when burglars smashed his window with a brick 10 minutes after he left the house. The burglary took place at 1pm, in broad daylight after third year student […]
News | Arsonists torch five cars overnight
Five cars have been set ablaze in Hyde Park in one night during a multiple arson attack. Firefighters were called to the junction of Edwin Road and Regent Terrace to battle three car fires. The […]
News | Student saviour stops attackers
A heroic branch manager has saved the day by tackling a man who attacked a female student in broad daylight opposite the Parkinson steps. The victim had been walking along Woodhouse Lane at approximately 3:45pm […]
News | Fruity phone thief caught red handed
A 22 year old man has been found carrying 14 mobile phones on campus on Friday night. Leeds University Union Security detained a local, non-student male in the early hours of Saturday morning. During the […]
What’s On: Luther
“I’ve seen something like this before”, growls Idris Elba. How right he is.
A Spot of Good News
If you trust the media, you would think that Britain was awash with all the worst social ills; crime, rioting, the NHS in crisis, education being dumbed-down and a general sense that the country “was […]
1 in 7 Hyde Park houses “unsecured”
As many as one in seven homes in Hyde Park and Woodhouse are left unlocked. Officers from the local Neighbourhood Policing Team inspected over 300 properties in the student area, in an effort to highlight […]
Student in violent daylight robbery
6.12. 12 Police are appealing for information after a 19-year-old man had his jaw fractured during a robbery. The incident occurred on Monday at around 11.45am close to Lovell Park Heights in the Little […]
Big Debate: Bobbies Off The Beat
An expected low turnout for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections suggests the public are either lacking in interest or faith in the highly-paid role. This week Big Debate asks, do they matter? YES: Ben […]
Trick or treat? Crime at Halloween
It’s that time of year again: students are out, en masse, dressed up for another fun night of Halloween debauchery; every corner you turn you’re greeted by another pumpkin or scantily-clad nurse, or run over […]