80 student houses were found to be insecure in the Hyde Park area during a two-hour period. On September 25, Police officers carried out random checks and found it worryingly apparent that a large number […]
The Hyde Park Picture House | A Fresher's Introduction
Founded in 1914, the Hyde Park Picture House is soon to celebrate its 100th birthday, a rare feat for an independent cinema, and it’s not difficult to understand its endurance. Newly appointed Observer film […]
News | Head shop opens in Hyde Park
A shop selling legal highs and drugs paraphernalia has started trading in Hyde Park. Rudeboy Headshop opened on Hyde Park Corner in July and prides itself on its range of new psychoactive substances or ‘legal […]
News | Student falls victim to knife attack
A 21 year old woman, believed to be a student, has been mugged in Meanwood by two men using a knife. The victim was approached from behind by the attackers who cut the straps of […]
Top Ten Moving Week Moments
1. Packing up your room at the end of a university year is the best way to awaken the eco-warrior in even the most reluctant of us as we pile up leaflet after leaflet after […]
Raid on Woodhouse cannabis den
A residential home being used as a cannabis den in Woodhouse was raided by police last week following a report of a break-in. Police received the report that several men had been seen breaking into […]
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 […]
Night of cocktails ends in “chaos”
23.11.12 Revellers were left shaken after being evacuated from a bar on Call Lane last weekend. Cocktail drinkers were forced to leave the bar in the early hours of Sunday morning after the police were […]
Noisy students aggravate locals
23.11.12 One in every eight noise complaints the Council has received in the last year concerned student areas. Information obtained by the Yorkshire Evening Post through the Freedom of Information Act cited loud music as […]
Student homes evacuated in suspected arson attack
2.11.12 Students had to be evacuated from their homes after fire engulfed a property in a suspected arson attack. The Fire service was called to the address in Hartley Crescent in Woodhouse just before […]
I got 99 problems but a Snitch ain’t one
On a chilly autumnal afternoon in Hyde Park, magic was in the air as the Leeds University Quidditch and Harry Potter Society met to practise and to prove you don’t have to be a […]
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 […]