What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Join us on Thursday (8 September 2016) at 11am to begin the new Holbeck Heritage Trail. It is a whole day walk which will begin in Holbeck Cemetery where we will look at some of the memorials of those innovators and inventors who made Holbeck the great centre of Industry
Belle Isle TMO Board. BITMO is looking for new tenant Board members – why not join up? There will be two Board Member events during. September at BITMOs GATE. Thursday 8th September 5pm-7pm. Wednesday 14th September 12pm-2pm. Refreshments will be available. Please join us if you want to know more
A community partnership for South Leeds has submitted a Community Led Local Development Strategy to Westminster in a bid to secure £1.5 million for projects to support employment. If given the green light it would support projects in South Leeds which foster greater employment and enterprise in the area, especially
Man with suspected gunshot wound in Middleton, Leeds. Police are investigating after a man received a suspected gunshot wound in Leeds. At 9:43am on Sunday 4 September 2016, police were contacted by the ambulance service who were attending to a man with a serious injury at an address in Middleton.
South Leeds Life has been running regular News Cafés for the last year, but what exactly is a News Café? As you probably know South Leeds Life is run by volunteers, on a shoestring budget. We work from our homes and don’t have an office. Which means if you want
A few years ago I used to do a job that entailed getting up at 5am. This was wonderful in the summer months as there are few things nicer than having the world to yourself as it stretches and yawns itself awake, bathed in the golden light of sunrise. It’s
Leeds City Council have published plans to extend the 20 mph traffic zone to the residential streets in the Parkwoods, Southleighs and Allenbys around Cockburn School. The zone forms part of the Council’s plans to reduce the speed limit on all residential streets in Leeds to 20 mph. The work,
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 29 August 2016: Change of use of dwelling (C3) to HMO (C4) 29 Colenso Mount Holbeck Leeds LS11 0DQ
Magnificent effort falls just short of victory Hunslet Hawks RLFC 12 v 16 Toulouse Olympique The visitors from France narrowly came out on top against a valiant Hunslet side on a rainy Saturday (3 September 2016) afternoon in South Leeds to defend their no-loss record. Before the game a minute’s
First of all, many congratulations to the Leeds and Yorkshire Olympians – and by the time you read this I hope Para-Olympians – on their tremendous medal successes in Rio. Having spent part of my summer holiday glued to the television in the small hours, like many people, it’s a