What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Interview with Chris CEO of BITMO. By Kenneth Ingram, volunteer, at South Leeds Life. Q: What qualifications’ did you get Chris, when leaving School, College or University? I considered myself as a late developer. I didn’t do particular well at high school ended up with 4 O levels. Which at
After an surprising General Election nationally last night, South Leeds returned predictable results in the local election with Labour holding onto all three seats in South Leeds. Adam Ogilvie was returned in Beeston & Holbeck, Patrick Davey in City & Hunslet and Judith Blake in Middleton Park. The full results
Electorate : 81799 Turnout : 55.35 % Surname Forename Votes Elected Description BENN Hilary James 24758 ELECTED Labour Party FARIS-WILSON Nicola 7791 The Conservative Party HAYTON Michael 3558 Green Party KITCHING Liz 330 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition SENIOR Luke 7082 UK Independence Party (UKIP) SPRIGGS Emma Janet 1529 Liberal
I’m guessing that this column is going to please no one. My regular readers will be expecting something witty, pithy and topical about how some feature of modern life particularly affects us here in South Leeds. People who disagree with me on a certain planning application will be annoyed that
Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice would like to invite community members in South Leeds to set up their own local support group to help raise funds for the hospice. Last year the community nurse specialists at Wheatfields Hospice provided over 4,000 home visits; almost 500 people attended the day therapy unit
Residents in South Leeds are being invited to take part in a free, five day, film making course, which starts at BITMOs GATE in Belle Isle on Tuesday (12 May 2015). The video course is being run by Amplify Leeds a new group which is looking for ways to address
Located in a terraced family house in Beeston, Basement Arts Project presents its latest exhibition over the next two weekends. Curators Gordon Culshaw and John O’Hare set out to investigate the effect of time and biological and chemical decay on artworks. Artists elected to have their work buried in a
Have you read the May edition of our newspaper yet? We’ve been distributing copies to community venues throughout LS10 and LS11. Copies are available from libraries, schools, community centres, GP practices, shops and other community venues. You can find a full list of pick up points here: www.sllife.leeds11.com/newspaper/newspaper-pick-up-points/. If you
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week down at Skelton Grange Environment Centre where they’ve been reviving the ancient folk tradition of Maypole dancing. May Day means different things to different people, before it
Residents from Belle Isle and Hunslet held a picnic on Belle Isle Circus on Saturday 25 April to protest about the plans for the Trolleybus. As South Leeds Life has previously reported, West Yorkshire Metro plan to build the ‘New Generation Transport’ Trolleybus on a route from Stourton to Holt