What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
You can’t have missed the news – Leeds newest shopping arcade opened yesterday. Victoria Gate boasts a John Lewis store and god knows how many upmarket retail outlets (or shops as we used to call them). I was confused for a few minutes yesterday morning looking at my Twitter feed.
With bonfire night fast approaching and as fireworks went on general sale on 15 October, West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service are reminding traders of their legal responsibilities to ensure they are supplying safe fireworks and are adhering to the law by only selling them to persons of legal age. As
Volunteers from Stourton-based One Subsea made a real difference when they turned out to help clear part of the riverside path and cycleway recently. [slideshow_deploy id=’54762′] On Friday 7 October they cleared the dried silt, left by the Boxing Day floods, off the targeted areas of the cycleway and path
Members and partners attending the Annual General Meeting of HEA last week heard that the organisation plan to increase their support work to older people in Holbeck to include personal care. John England, the Chair of Trustees at HEA said: “We are well placed to provide care and support to
Hundreds of households in South Leeds face having their benefits slashed from 7 November as the Government’s ‘benefits cap’ is extended. About 250 households in Leeds are capped under the current limit of £26,000 per year, but next month the cap will be lowered to £20,000. These households face losing
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 with a reminder that The Plantation in Middleton; The Garden Gate in Hunslet; and the Midnight Bell in Holbeck are flying the flag for south Leeds in
New fencing is set to be installed around Holbeck Moor to stop travellers gaining access to the site. The new fencing will run along the edge of Holbeck Moor Road and a new gate will be installed to allow access for fairgrounds and other authorised users. Bollards will be installed
The latest edition of Lloyd & Wilson’s Broadcast Bartender series, Constructing a Blind Pig*, was recorded at The Holbeck WMC in South Leeds on 29 September 2016. Five drinkers and a special guest bartender discussed the following provocations in front of a live audience: Is there a visible common culture
Middleton St Mary’s Nursery in Leeds has been chosen to receive hundreds of pounds worth of new play equipment thanks to Sudocrem’s national campaign, called Play More. One of the oldest nurseries in Leeds, established in 1971, St Mary’s is one of the lucky 10 to win after nearly 1,000
Belle Isle and Middleton have both seen vast improvements in their environment according to local Councillors Kim Groves, Judith Blake and Paul Truswell. Councillor Groves recently went to meet the locality team responsible for the transformation to thank them personally for the difference they have made to the area, which