Month: August 2012

Beeston Hill and Holbeck PFI housing scheme ‘moves step closer’ – council

A persistently delayed housing project in Beeston Hill and Holbeck has moved another step closer to completion after the council was given the go ahead to provide funding for the scheme. The latest decision from HM Treasury will enable the council to provide funding for the Little London, Beeston Hill, Holbeck and

College offers life-changing opportunities across South Leeds!

On August 1st 2011, Joseph Priestley College merged with Leeds City College. The former Joseph Priestley sites in Beeston, Morley and Rothwell are now Leeds City College Centres, writes marketing manager Kirsty Lunn. This partnership aimed to improve learning opportunities and provision in the City – bringing benefits to local

Campaigners battle for faster internet speed in Middleton

A group of Middleton residents have got their ‘bytes’ between their teeth and are cranking up their campaign for faster broadband speed in the area. Residents in New Forest Village and Heritage Village area of Middleton say their lives have been blighted by slow internet speeds, making it difficult to work from home or conduct

Can you help trace Hunslet taxi driver attacker?

Police are appealing for information following an incident in which a taxi driver was assaulted after his vehicle was allegedly damaged. The incident happened between 10.30pm and 10.45pm on Friday 3 August outside the Engine Pub, close to the junction of Moor Road and Old Run Road in Hunslet. The 51-year-old

New exhibition at Beeston’s BasementArtsProject

“Familiar interiors without their people often become spaces of meditation. When alone in them there is something unfamiliar about being in the same familiar room yet again. Memories drift by, time seems to unpick itself and the day becomes night before it is supposed to. These are images of reverie