What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Finding a lump in the breast can be a frightening experience for women, which is why the NHS in Leeds is asking patients in Leeds to help design appropriate breast services at an event on Monday 26 March at The Village Hotel in Headingley. The NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)
Volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment Centre have been busy planting lots of trees towards the end of the winter season. Many tree in the woodlands at the centre were planted as part of a donor tree programme in the 1990s, and occasional trees are still donated, helping the centre to
The Matthew Murray memorial railings in Holbeck were given a new lick of paint on Saturday (14 March 2015). John Cummins from Groundwork led the team which included active residents: Lauren Butler, partner Conor Sheader and myself. This restorative project comes from the City Connect initiative Groundwork is involved in,
The tragic news of the death of Rhys Baker left Holbeck Working Men’s club cold last week. Rhys was the son of one of the members, Mark Baker. I interviewed Mark only last year when he had just won the Arla Lorry Driver of the year award 2014. Looking back
Residents of the Garnets in Beeston Hill pulled together this last weekend – with the help of supporters including Beeston in Bloom – to tidy up the green patch at the heart of their neighbourhood. As reported previously in South Leeds Life, the empty space there – originally the site