What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
What can be done to improve housing in Holbeck? Now’s your chance to have your say! Construction & Housing Yorkshire (CHY), part of re’new, is carrying out a ‘housing market assessment’ for the Holbeck area, writes Charlotte Brown. A new housing market assessment will identify housing need and requirements for Holbeck
Local charity Health For All has celebrated its 21st birthday at a special event held at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre in Middleton. The event, which coincided with Health For All’s AGM, saw food, entertainment and a number of speeches celebrating the achievement of an organisation which started in an attic in
The Annual Belle Isle Carols took place today on the Belle Isle Roundabout with Christmas lights at the Circus of shops, writes Deacon Al Henry. There were more than a hundred pupils of Windmill Primary School ,who sang out lustily on the freezing cold Thursday afternoon. The switching on of
Beeston Community Forum held its fourteenth Annual General Meeting at the Beeston Village Community Centre last night. About thirty residents braved the cold and rain to attend the meeting. Also present were the three Beeston & Holbeck ward Councillors and Cllr Stewart Golton representing the Liberal Democrat group on Leeds
Before the present consultation about a new high school, I confess I hadn’t heard of “City Centre South”. Hunslet? Yes. Holbeck? Yes. But City Centre South? Where’s that? Where is this new part of Leeds? It is bounded by the River Aire to the north, the Inner Ring road extension
The Annual Carols in the Circus, tree lighting and Village lights took place yesterday in the Middleton Park Circus of shops, writes Deacon Al Henry. Four school choirs sang out lustily on this freezing cold Wednesday afternoon. Switching on the lights was ward councillor Kim Groves as she led the
Thursday 6th December is the feast of St. Nicholas (The Patron Saint of Children) the original Father Christmas, writes Deacon Al Henry. Nicholas was born during the third century in the village of Patara, at that time, the area was Greek and is now on the southern coast of Turkey.
A range of individuals and organisations from across Leeds were honoured by Hamara last night. Three hundred guests gathered for Hamara’s third annual Community Awards ceremony last night. We were entertained by singers and dancers from South Leeds Academy and heard from members of the Hamara “family” about what attending
Following the success of Fright Night, which saw around 200 ghosts and ghouls on Sharp Lane Plantation, the Friends of New Forest Village are delighted to invite you to join them as they welcome a very special guest to the New Forest Village. Santa’s grotto… Santa will be
Hunslet Library has recently been refurbished, retaining the original character of the building and restoring some original items, writes Julie Wood of the Library and Information Service. Councillors Elizabeth Nash and Mohammed Iqbal recently unveiled the recently restored Austrian prints which have been part of the library for many years.