What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Youngsters across Leeds are signing up for this year’s ‘Summer Reading Challenge’, as well as for their events programme that runs throughout the school holidays. The annual Reading Challenge is this year themed ‘Mischief Makers’ – based on the 80th anniversary of the Beano, the legendary comic featuring Dennis the
Sunnyview House care home in Beeston held its first ever Summer Fair on Saturday (21 July 2018). Along with stalls selling goods knitted by residents, bric-a-brac and tombolas, the local Reetwirlers Majorettes group performed and there was a bouncy castle for youngsters. Organisers Chantel, Jodie and Valerie explained: “We’ve organised
Belle Isle TMO Our Sheltered Housing Residents had furlongs of fun at our Race Day event in the GATE. As well as weekly meals and activities within our sheltered housing complexes, our Sheltered Housing Team run four events for older people at the GATE throughout the year… Ask your Warden
Belle Isle TMO Have you seen the newly installed additional parking at the very top of Belle Isle Road? It’ll be complete once the 10 parking bays have been marked out. We will also be doing some verge widening on Aberfield Drive between numbers 64 – 74 to allow a
Coroner’s Appeal: Paul Vine, Leeds Coroner’s officers are appealing for help in tracing any relatives of Paul Vine from the Cottingley area of Leeds. Mr Vine, aged 48, died at his home address on 15 July. There are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances around the death. Any relatives
As May draws to a close, and the academic year comes to an end for the University and Higher Education system, it is always a great experience to take a trip around the creative departments and enjoy the fruits of their labours of the past three years or so. Wait
Saturday (21 July 2018) saw the official opening of Middleton Railway’s new running shed, by local ward member and Leader of Leeds City Council, Cllr Judith Blake. Photos by Steve Thompson The shed has taken a number of years to complete and was funded in part byu the Friends of
Members of the South Leeds Ordinary Walking group (yes, you can guess the acronym) set off on their latest adventure last Saturday (21 July 2018), which was to conquer the highest mountain in England or Wales. The group left South Leeds at 7:30am and arrived at “Base Camp”, ready for
With the summer holidays due to start this week, the NHS is reminding parents and carers to pack their children’s asthma medication before they leave. The advice has come from NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as they look to improve asthma care among local patients. Data shows that there
Hilary Benn our local Member of Parliament was at St Mary’s Primary School in Hunslet for the official opening of the new school building extension on Friday 13 July 2018. Mr Benn was grilled with questions at a session with years 5 and 6, followed by the planting of a