Holbeck

South Leeds Life blog features the work of Holbeck police looking to tackle car crime in the area.

Leeds today: Scott Hall post, Creatures of The Night and car crime 2011

Above them, a flock of sheep grazed on the turfed roof, an unlikely rural scene especially in Holbeck, an industrial Leeds suburb and a notorious slum.

In praise of … Temple Mill | Editorial 2011

City and Holbeck CID is urging south Leeds residents to guard against becoming a victim of a burglary involving criminals posing as utility company workers, following a 'near miss' in Beeston last week.

Leeds today: Beeston burglary, Kirkstall Abbey and Ethiopian eaterie 2011

Are the quarrels raging across the dinner tables of the north's best restaurants, from L'Enclume to Holbeck Ghyll, Hipping Hall to the Angel Inn, real or fattened up for the occasion?

Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' Laura Barton 2010

In any case, part of the label of the photo reads: “Scarborough made the headlines in 1993 after a landslide caused the Holbeck Hall hotel to fall into the sea.”

Coastal Retreat 2008

The £20m school was set up in 2004 by merging the mainly white Merlyn Rees High in Belle Isle with Matthew Murray in Holbeck, which has a large proportion of Asian pupils.

The English as 'Your' Enemy. Lionheart 2007

Introduced an Afghani friend to a youth theatre class in Holbeck a few years back.

Archive 2006-07-01 Rachel 2006

Introduced an Afghani friend to a youth theatre class in Holbeck a few years back.

Letter From Leeds, by Hassan Rachel 2006

It is supposed still to harbour in the rocks at Holbeck, some nine miles from Woodhall.

Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter

At Holbeck it is worth the while to turn in at the Lodge gate, and proceed some 250 yards along the drive, when we find ourselves among very pretty scenery; the modern Hall confronting us, built by the late J. Fardell, Esq., who was M.P. for Lincoln for about a week.

Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter