Month: November 2013

Council’s Area Committee discuss golf, schools and Asda

  Councillors met last night (6 November 2013) as the Inner South Area Committee and amongst the topics debated were Middleton Park golf course, the new Asda at Middleton and the new Ruth Gorse Academy high school. The meeting always starts with an open forum where any local resident can

South Leeds Roundup: Bonfires, Breakfast and Bins

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. “The first Holbeck community firework display of the century” is how The Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan website is reporting Saturday’s bonfire and fireworks outside Holbeck Working Men’s Club. Note the word “first” …

Advice For Quitting Smoking At The Penny Hill Centre this Thursday

There will be free consultations about how to quit smoking at the Penny Hill Shopping Centre in Hunslet by the lead Lung Macmillan Cancer Nurse from St James Hospital between 2 and 5pm, Thursday 7th November alongside some rather large lungs on display as part of Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

Middleton Park Bonfire and Fireworks 2013

  Thousand flocked to Middleton Park last night to see the bonfire and fireworks display. Councillor Paul Truswell greeted the crowd, thanked the Council’s Parks department and White Rose Shopping Centre for their sponsorship. Then it was the turn of Grace Coyle, a pupil from Middleton St Mary’s primary school

Be extraordinary – adopt a child

  Leeds City Council is looking for ordinary people to do something extraordinary for a child in Leeds – become adoptive parents. People who are interested in finding out more about adopting a child in Leeds are being invited to attend a pop-up information stall at Trinity Leeds on Saturday

Slung Low present 15 minute plays at Holbeck WMC

  A theatre experience with a difference is promised by Hobeck-based Slung Low theatre on Sunday afternoon (10 November 2013). 15 Minutes Live is an afternoon of short dramas – radio plays performed in front of a live audience. Slung Low are collaborating with The Writing Squad to present new