Day: 10 July 2012

Cigarettes: Plain packaging event gets Holbeck’s support

Local residents in Holbeck and Beeston turned out to support a campaign for plain packing on cigarettes – despite the puring rain! The event, at St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck, saw  in the region of 30 people brave filthy weather to find out more about the campaign, It was also attended

South Leeds Life launches community correspondents website

Your South Leeds Life is making it easier than ever before to contribute to our blog! You may have noticed that more and more South Leeds residents are contributing articles and reports to this blog – which is great, this is YOUR blog and it’s open to all who wish

Holbeck Elderly Aid warns residents over computer phone scam

Our friends at Holbeck Elderly Aid have produced their latest summer newletter. Included amongst all the latest information about the organisation there’s a timely warning about a telephone scam which some older people in the area have reported. Holbeck Elderly Aid have asked their members to be aware of calls

Why don’t we have doggy bag dispensers in our parks?

Why don’t we have doggy bag dispenses in our parks? I’ve just come back from a holiday in Austria, which has to be a dog lovers country – there’s no end of dogs accompanying their owners everywhere. But however hard I tried I couldn’t find any evidence of these dogs