What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
With a cold snap forecast later in the week, South Leeds Life publishes some useful advice for motorists. Breaking down is never a pleasant experience – especially if you have to wait for recovery in the cold. You’ll also want your vehicle to be in the best condition to
If you’ve ever wanted to own a Police station, now is your opportunity as Holbeck Police Station has been put on the market. The building is 33,433 square feet and sits on a 2.1 acre site is being advertised as a refurbishment opportunity, but is more realistically likely to
Residents in Middleton took the opportunity to join a Big Conversation with Hilary Benn MP on Friday (29 November 2013). There was a lot of criticism for BT and their poor performance in providing fast broadband internet access to the area. After much lobbying by residents, Councillors and the
Development Officers Lois Forsell & Barry Eaton have been visiting local Primary Schools in the Hunslet Area for the past four weeks. They have been coaching year one and two pupils each week at Hunslet Moor, Hunslet St Mary’s and Hunslet St Joseph’s. The children have developed their physical
It was beginning to feel a lot like Christmas on Saturday (30 November 2013) as South Leeds was sprinkled with community Christmas Fairs in Belle Isle, Beeston and Cottingley. BITMO’s GATE held it’s first Christmas market. Santa was ushered into his grotto with carols sung by pupils from
Yesterday (28 November 2013) Leeds Federated Housing Association launched the HUGO project to help people use computers and the internet. The launch set the tone for the project by including live blogging, tweets, fun games and competitions. We even had a flashmob of break dancers. Storytelling is a great
“We don’t do it for fun, or to change the world.” So said Paul Napier, a director at Johnston Press plc and former editor of the Yorkshire Evening Post, at a meeting I was at last week. Hmmm. Well, here at South Leeds Towers I like to think we
Voluntary work for the community in the Cottingley area has suffered a large setback following a break in to Cottingley Community Centre. On 21 November thieves broke in to the centre, situated on Cottingley Approach and ransacked the centre, stealing all valuable items they could find. Cottingley Youth Project,
Young people who no longer use the name Mohammed in their job applications and don’t refer to Beeston in their address. Women being verbally abused and having their hijabs (headscarves) pulled off in the street. These were the real examples of Islamophobia today in South Leeds that Hanif Malik,
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. It doesn’t matter whether you think you are an art lover or not, it’s big, it’s new and it’s on our patch so go down and enjoy yourself. The Tetley is opening