What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Today was an interseting day for me. I made my first trip to Middleton Park in about a year, and was pleasantly surprised with the changes. As you drive in through the gates and come down the hill towards the car park nothing much is different but, as you
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week with some very worrying photos on Skelton Grange Environment Centre’s Facebook Page. It looks like something’s gone wrong at the Experimental Viruses division of The Skelton Corporation. Could
Land Securities, owner of White Rose Shopping Centre, has confirmed three deals have been secured, creating an additional 40 job opportunities within the scheme. Simply Be, Jacamo and Quiz have opened in the centre for the first time and Bank has doubled the size of its store, with a
It was a day to remember for members of the Hunslet Club as they were delighted by a visit from one of the most famous trophies in world sport – the Barclays Premier League Trophy. Premier League title sponsor Barclays brought the title prize to the club as part of its
If you have been into the city centre recently you might have seen this advert on the Albion Street Boots site. It is part of a nationwide campaign to find a bone marrow donor for a little boy called Gaurav Bains, from Tipton in the West Midlands. According to
Jonathan Sharp, from Stourton Grange in South Leeds is part of a growing movement of self-publishing authors. The traditional picture of the new author is one of endless rejection letters from publishers. Sometimes the story ends in publication and often it doesn’t. However that’s all changing as self-publishing becomes
The agenda has been published for next week’s Inner South Area Committee. The Leeds City Council Committee, made up of the nine Councillors from Beeston & Holbeck, City & Hunslet and Middleton Park wards, will meet at Beeston Village Community Centre on St Anthony’s Drive on Wednesday 6 November.
BITMO’s GATE – the new community resource centre in the old Belle Isle library building – was formally opened on Friday (25 October 2013) by Hilary Benn MP. [slideshow_deploy id=’20104′] Photos by Kenneth Ingram Speaking before he cut the ribbon, Hilary Benn praised BITMO for its vision in creating
The Hunslet Club is set to host it’s annual Fireworks Display this Saturday (2 November 2013). Gates open 6pm with display starting approximately 7:30. Numbers are limited to 300 people for health and safety reasons so arrive early to avoid disappointment. Bar will remain open until late also. As you’ll
A new project to help people make their local areas greener and nicer places to live will be launched at the Hemingways estate in Hunslet at a fun-packed family event on Wednesday (30 October 2013). Project Urban Oasis aims to inspire people to improve and develop pockets of green