What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A new housing development in Middleton is taking shape in time for its completion later this year. Middleton Park Councillors Kim Groves, Judith Blake and Paul Truswell visited the new development off Thorpe Road near Middleton town centre. The project will see 122 new houses and bungalows built by
The Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan will pass another milestone at a meeting on Saturday (29 March 2014). The Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum will elect a Board of up to 12 local people at its first annual general meeting. The job of the Board is to manage the Forum and oversee the
A couple living in Middleton are set to be evicted from their home after continued anti-social behaviour. This follows a Closure Order secured by Leeds City Council at Leeds County Court on 19 March for 84 Bodmin Crescent, Middleton, which will mean occupants Mr Matthew Banks and Ms Tracey
Community spirit is a phrase that we hear a lot, but is there any one thing that causes us to have it? I read in the Yorkshire Evening Post last week that Otley and Chapel Allerton have been recognised as being among the best places to live in the
I mentioned my interest in street names last July. I discovered a couple of weeks ago that the Recreations in Holbeck are so called because the houses were built on the site of a recreation ground. In fact it had cricket pitches that once hosted the Australian national team.
Plans are currently being developed for a community garden to grow fruit and vegetables in Holbeck and local charity Health For All are seeking community support to help make it happen. The little used games space next to Holbeck Youth and Community Centre could be the site of a
It’s Empty Homes Week so we asked Rob Greenland, co Director of Leeds Empties to tell us what it’s all about: Leeds Empties was born in south Leeds. Our social enterprise, Social Business Brokers, shared an office on Dewsbury Road with Angels Housekeeping – and it was a walk
Police have released an efit image of a man they want to trace following an attempted robbery on a woman in Leeds. At about 9:30am on Tuesday March 11 2014, the 44-year-old victim was in Town Street, Beeston, when she was approached by a man who tried to snatch
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Stephan Rushworth, a keen photographer, took this stunning shot of the the H2010 development on the river in Hunslet at sunset last Saturday . Speaking of photographs, Phil Kirby took a walk
John Adamson, who lives in Beeston, has been in touch about rubbish on Beggar’s Hill behind the Nosters: “Following a recent meeting of Beeston Community Forum I spoke to Tom Smith, who, apparently, is in charge of South Leeds cleaning, i.e. all the ginnels, dog dirt etc, I informed