What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A programme of enforcement patrols by Leeds City Council is taking place in South Leeds. Councillors David Congreve, Adam Ogilvie and Angela Gabriel (Labour, Beeston & Holbeck) have been keen to secure the patrols following numerous complaints about littering and dog fouling from local residents. The patrols, carried out by
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Beeston In Bloom took advantage of the weekend sunshine to spruce up the “cardinal Triangle” on Dewsbury Road. There’s a report on their blog Blooming Beeston. Beeston food blogger Ewan Mitchell has set himself
Holbeck Gala, which takes place on Saturday 6th July this year, is looking for people to help put the event on. The organising committee’s Annual General Meeting is taking place on Tuesday 16th April at 7:00pm at Ingram Gardens Community Centre in Holbeck. Councillor Adam Ogilvie, Chair of the Gala
The Hunslet Club, The FA and Mars, The FA’s Adult Football Partner, have made it as easy as a ‘one-two’ to turn up and start playing the football that best suits you: whether it’s a good old-fashioned kickabout or the more competitive game, like 5 or 11 a side
Move over Glastonbury - Middleton is set to get its own music event! Middleton Music Festival will be held on Saturday, July 20, (noon-6pm) behind Middleton Community Centre and will feature up and coming local bands, food and entertainment. The free event will be run by Middleton Community Group and aims to bring
What do you get when you mix good food, a sprinkling of entrepreneurship and a large dollop of old fashioned community spirit? Cafe Me ‘n’ U – that’s what! The new cafe on Beeston’s Cardinal estate is the brainchild of resident Yvonne Crowther and is the result of the £17,000
Clothing retailer Primark are to open a new store in the Trinity Centre in Leeds later this year and the Direct Line insurance company are recruiting up to fifty staff to work in the city centre. Direct Line are currently recruiting 40-50 Inbound Sales/Retention staff based at the Wharf site
Rick Hazelwood from the Hunslet Old Boys Rugby Team and Trevor Brennan from the Hunslet Club Football Team took part in the 50th World Coal Carrying Championships on Easter Monday. This, most Yorkshire of world competitions, took place in Gawthorpe. These lads had to run with a sack of coal,
So Paolo Di Canio, Sunderland FC’s new manager is a fascist, but not a racist. And I keep meeting people in Beeston who aren’t racist, but don’t want “another mosque”. Well I’ve set myself a tricky tightrope to walk this week folks. I’m not going to say anyone in Beeston
Carla Yeomans from Aire Valley Homes has been in touch to tell us about the work she does in the area: Do you know you can get help, support and funding from Aire Valley Homes? Aire Valley Homes, recognises that more and more groups in our communities are working really