What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Five wins since the beginning of June have seen Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club’s First XI up to second place in the Bradford Premier League Championship 2 division after 12 games. On 3 June they set Buttershaw St Paul’s a target of 240 and bowled them out for 209. Their match
In our July newspaper we advertised a meeting that was due to be held by Save Our Beeston on Monday 10 July 2017 at the Cross Flatts Recreation Club, with members of Aspiring Communities. The meeting has been postponed. A new date has not been set, but is likely to
Former colleagues of a man struck down with asbestos disease are being urged to come forward by his family solicitor seeking damages. Trevor Hayton died due to asbestosis in December 2015, aged 70. Howard Bonnett, of York Solicitors Corries, who
A new display is turning back the clock to explore the fascinating history of communities in Leeds – as told by the people who live there. The Mapping Leeds display at Leeds City Museum has seen people from different areas of the city contribute ideas and historic images to help
Community project in South Leeds receives National Lottery Funding St Luke’s Church, based in Holbeck, is set to kick start an exciting community project thanks to funding from the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund. The project aims to transform lives for the better in Holbeck, Beeston and Hunslet
A house fire in Beeston was attended by four fire engines in the early hours of this morning (Friday 7 July 2017). The fire, reported at 4.05am, destroyed the roof and attic of the house in Sefton Terrace, but no one was hurt, or had to be rescued from the
A meeting of the South and West Plans Panel met today (Thursday 6 July 2017) and rejected the revised plans from PCC (Yorkshire) Ltd to convert the former Omnibus pub into a House In Multiple Occupation (HMO). An application to create 15 flats on the site was rejected last year
Parents organising a leaving party for Year 6 children at Beeston Primary School on Saturday afternoon (8 July 2017) have received support from Davina McCall, following a parent’s appearance on her Long Lost Families TV show. Davina joined a range of local businesses and families that have rallied round to
White Rose welcomes six new restaurants as part of new outdoor development, ‘The Village’ On Tuesday (4 July 2017) White Rose Shopping Centre opened five new restaurants as part of its 65,000 sq ft extension, The Village, including Pizza Hut Restaurants, TGI Friday’s, Five Guys, Chiquito, and Limeyard, with Wagamama
A social enterprise based in South Leeds has taken a major step forward in giving experience and opportunities to people with learning disabilities who are seeking employment as the first batch of their healthy snack products have hit various outlets in Leeds. Nourishing People is a new business and employment