What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Mark Burns-Williamson, the Police & Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire addressed the Beeston Community Forum last Thursday. The hot topic was the court decision that Leeds United did not have to pay for policing outside the ground at Elland Road. Mr Burns-Williamson revealed that the cost ranged from £40,000 to
Ed and Tania Carlisle live in a back to back in Beeston with a difference: they’ve got ten solar panels on their roof. In Climate Week, I went to speak with Ed to find out more. Ed explains, “We’ve been interested in green living for a while, but it’s an
This great article appeared over on the Beyond Guardian Leeds blog. We know our readers like their local history, so we thought we’d reblog it here. Many of the events took place at the gas works on Meadow Lane (the gas holders are still there), the adjacent Midland Goods Station
Dozens of community groups from South Leeds headed to the Civic Hall on Wednesday for an evening of celebration. The event was organised by the Councillors of our three wards: Beeston & Holbeck, City & Hunslet and Middleton Park. Groups that had received funding from the Inner South Area Committee
Now I’m not a woman, but I do celebrate International Women’s Day, which is today. And I prefer it to Mothers Day, or Mothering Sunday as it was called when I grew up, which falls on Sunday. My mother was a feminist, the first in her family to go to
Cllr David Congreve today cut the ribbon to mark the relaunch of Beeston Co-op Pharmacy. Pharmacy Manager Sageer Sharif explained that following a £160,000 refurbishment they were able to offer an extended range of services. As well as servicing local nursing homes, they can help patients monitor new medications such
Holbeck In Bloom teamed up with Beeston In Bloom and students from Leeds University to plant a laurel hedge on Holbeck Moor yesterday. The group have been trying to screen the Moor from the M621 motorway with hedging for several years. Previous plantings have succumbed to large quantities of salt
Friday 22nd February saw the Ciaran Bingham Foundation Trust hosting a 1940’s Nostalgia Night at the Hunslet Club for specially invited elderly people in South Leeds to enjoy a meal and entertainment from wartime entertainment tribute act The Day Day Darlings. The event saw the club packed out with some very
Leeds Dynamite, the Middleton based cheerleading group recently brought back nine trophies from Cheltenham as Western Champions 2013. The group took 39 dancers to the BCA Western Regional Cheerleading Competition, which was held at Cheltenham Race Course on Sunday 24th February. The dancers ages ranged from 5 to 38 years
Hunslet Old Boys ARLFC bring Grant Saunders to the Hunslet Club for a hypnotically entertaining fundraising night to remember in South Leeds. Also live on stage the incredible School Of Rock inspired band Distorted Sky & Special Guests. Bar & food, late disco too. Saturday 9th March, £8 per ticket or 2