Day: 13 July 2012

Steak ends stray Belle’s taste of freedom in Belle Isle and Middleton

Poor old Belle from Belle Isle was a stray dog that locals had reported seeing over the past four months. Dog wardens were this week able to coax the greyhound into their care with steak after reports of the dog wandering the Newhall Road area of Belle Isle starting coming in,

Beeston man volunteers at Romanian children’s centre

A Beeston man is set to travel to Romania to volunteer at a children’s centre. John Hardy, who is also a city councillor for the Farnley and Wortley Ward in Leeds, is travelling to the Eastern European country in early August. John says he will be heading up the construction team

Chinese Olympic swimmers make a splash in south Leeds

China’s Olympic athletes have begun arriving in Leeds as they begin their pre-Games training camp ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games – and they’ve alrready been making a splash at the John Charles Centre for Sport. Approximately 220 athletes, coaches and support staff will be based in Leeds over