What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious road traffic collision on the M621 on Tuesday night (6 January 2015). The incident happened at 5.15pm when a male pedestrian was in collision with a Peugeot 407 near to junction 2 (northbound) of the motorway (A643 Elland Road and Ingram Distributor).
Leeds City Council is warning commuters and other road users to be aware of plans to close the Bridgewater Place junction tomorrow (Friday 9 January 2015) due to high winds. Diversions for high sided vehicles will be in place from midnight until 4am with the full road closure currently planned
Families with children who are due to start primary school in September 2015 are being reminded they have until Thursday 15 January 2015 to apply for their preferred schools. Previous years have shown that those who apply late have a 30% less chance of getting a preferred school place, which
2015 marks the tenth anniversary of 7/7, the London bombings. South Leeds Life has spoken to a range of local figures about those events, their aftermath and the decade since. Mahbub Nazir, a community activist in Beeston Hill, writes: What really struck me about the events in July 2005 was
Plans for new houses at the Garnets in Beeston will be go on show at a consultation event to be held on Tuesday 20 January 2015. South Leeds Life understands the council plans to build 25 two and three bedroom homes with gardens for rent to replace the 150 back
Happy New Year! 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 at Holbeck Working Men’s Club, or The Holbeck as we must learn to call it, and their New Year’s Eve party. The club has
Middleton Elderly Aid. Do you shop at the Asda Middleton,? Please support us by placing your green token in our slot on the Community Life board. We will be there for 2 months. If we are the winner we will receive £200. The £200 would be put to good use,
2015 marks the tenth anniversary of 7/7, the London bombings. South Leeds Life has spoken to a range of local figures about those events, their aftermath and the decade since. Cllr Adam Ogilvie, who represents Beeston and Holbeck ward, remembers it was surreal to have the world’s media camped on
By day Ian Noble dons his nurse’s scrubs and embarks on another day of caring for the sick and injured people of Leeds, however, for the next fortnight the Nurse by day will paint himself blue and become a terrible Ogre by night! The Pantomime at St Andrew’s is a
If you fancy some good breakfast grub this Saturday why don’t you pop along to BITMOs GATE from 8.45am to 11.00am. Ciaran Bingham Trust will be putting on the hot spread for £2:50! Ciaran Bingham, who died in a Tragic Motor Bike Accident, would have been 24 years old On Saturday.