Month: March 2014

£50k Improvements Near Completion At Hunslet Cemetery

Councillors Mohammed Iqbal (Labour, City & Hunslet) and Kim Groves (Labour, Middleton Park) £50k improvements near completion at Hunslet Cemetery Councillors Mohammed Iqbal and Kim Groves are delighted to announce that the scheme to improve Hunslet Cemetery will soon be completed. Work has been undertaken by the Council’s Parks and

South Leeds Roundup: From Parliament to Parks

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. It’s not strictly a South Leeds story, but we start this week with Hilary Benn MP. He has posted the speech he gave in Parliament paying tribute to his father Tony Benn

Prostitute’s drop-in centre angers Holbeck residents

The Cross Ingrams Area Residents Association in Holbeck held its regular bi-monthly meeting on Tuesday evening (25 March) in the Ingram Gardens Community Centre. Around 20 residents attended, the main topic of discussion being the planned prostitute’s drop-in centre on Domestic Street in Holbeck. Jackie Hird from the Joanna charity

How to win friends and influence planning panels: The Beeston Campaign for Affordable Homes

  In late 2013, hundreds of households across Beeston in South Leeds received a leaflet headed “Beeston Campaign for Affordable Homes [BCAH]” encouraging residents to object to the proposal by Aspiring Communities to build a community centre on the former Ice Pak site on Barkly Road. Is the “Beeston Campaign