What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A new, updated Leeds Care Homes and Housing Options Directory has been published today in association with Leeds City Council. It gives readers crucial information on how to access, and pay for, care services throughout Leeds. With Government plans to cap the costs of social care now postponed, it’s never
White Rose Shopping Centre, working with Leeds City Council, unveiled its newly refurbished South West toilet and family changing facilities on Tuesday (17 January 2017). The improvements will aid all shoppers from all walks of life. Leeds City Councillor Jane Dowson, Deputy Executive Board Member for Children and Families, cut
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 on Maud Avenue in Beeston, where The Inner South Neighbourhood Policing Team followed up information from the public to make arrests and seize a car in relation
Children from New Bewerley Community School in Beeston attended Leeds Trinity University for a graduation ceremony last week. The children graduated from Leeds Children’s University, having taken part in 30 hours plus of extra curricular learning, and have attended after school clubs such as knitting, chess, sports, drama and film
We will be trialling dance classes at the South Leeds Music Centre starting on Saturday (21 January 2017). These will be mixed ability all age classes, with a focus on fun rather than exam preparation. Each lesson will have a different theme: disco dance, moving to music (free expressive movement),
On Sunday 12 February 2017 Running for Skye will return to Middleton Park for the third year in a row. The fun run began in 2015 on Valentine’s Day in support of youngster Skye Sutcliffe after she suffered a shock diagnosis 10 months earlier at the age of just 20
White Rose Shopping Centre ensured that today (16 January 2017) didn’t have to be a Blue Monday for its shoppers by hosting an area where customers visited puppies and dogs from the local Guide Dogs branch, to lift their spirits on what is reportedly the most depressing day of the
In its inaugural year, the Harry Jepson OBE Memorial Cup was claimed by Leeds Rhinos after they overcame Hunslet RLFC 21-14 in an entertaining and competitive game at South Leeds Stadium yesterday (15 January 2017). [slideshow_deploy id=’57403′] All photos by Steve Gaunt / Touchlinepics.com Hunslet put in a spirited performance
As some parts of the country got snow at the end of last week, I felt a little sad that all Look North had to hype up their regular weather-based hysteria about was the predicted storm surge down the East Coast. As the on-the-spot reporter tried to vamp what was
Foodbank ‘pauses for breath’ and prepares for New Year After a hectic Christmas the volunteers at the Leeds South and East Foodbank are gearing up for what promises to be a busy 2017. In the two weeks prior to Christmas the foodbank donated almost a ton of food to charities