What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Local resident Ian Pickup posts on details of an initiative to make Holbeck a tidier place with six new bins… Holbeck in Bloom contacted all the groups of Holbeck to ask to donate £100 towards three little bins, the cost of each bin being £350. We got such a good response
As reported on South Leeds Life over a fortnight ago, Cottingley mums are campaigning for reduced speed around Cottingley Primary School, following concerns school childrens’ lives could be at risk due to speeding cars. One of the residents behind the campaign, Adele Bosworth, writes for South Leeds Life about the
It’s not often we comment on things that happen in our communities here at South Leeds Life. We try to be objective and impartial on everything we cover, so much so we’ve never really written a ‘comment’ piece before – until now. As we’ve reported today, Middleton Railway has been
Heartless thieves have struck at the heart of south Leeds’ heritage by targeting the Middleton Railway for the second time in under a year. In this latest incident, thieves took between £6,000 to £7,000 of metal from the world’s oldest continuously working railway, which has been running since 1758. Volunteers who now run the
REMEMBER – put your clocks forward an hour tonight (Saturday) before you go to bed as the UK moves into British Summer Time.
Regular South Leeds Life reader Ed Carlisle has sent us this wonderful photograph of Beeston with a difference. Ed says: “Just thought you might like this pic of Beeston in the snow, for your archives. It was taken by my mate Chris Heward.” Thanks for sharing it, Ed – it’s a
City and Holbeck PCSO Kirsty Johnson writes the second and final part of her guest post on her life as a police community support officer in South Leeds… Of course, we are part of the police so we have to be aware of which people are on the wanted list
An special ceremony was held today to coincide with the grand unveiling of a refurbished inner city library funded by local councillors. Councillor Elizabeth Nash and her colleagues Patrick Davey and Mohammed Iqbal took the decision to spend £70.5k of Area Committee funding to refurbish Hunslet Library, including repairs to the roofand