What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This week (Tuesday 11 September) saw the latest quarterly Holbeck Residents Forum, with discussion and presentations on a range of local projects – but the gathering was overshadowed by ongoing local anger about the ‘Managed Approach’, the sex work tolerance zone that lies just outside the community. The meeting –
Cockburn School are encouraging children with creative talents to make it their number one choice as they apply for secondary school places. Cockburn School are delivering a new specialist programme for pupils who display a talent within the Performing Arts. The training supports a vast and varied curriculum with over
As we reported recently, Leeds City Council is considering introducing mandatory licensing for private sector landlords in the Beeston Hill area. They have now announced three drop in sessions (see below) where you can find out more about the proposals and comment on them. But South Leeds Life has also
CASA, the main domiciliary homecare provider in South Leeds is looking for caring people who would like to embark on a fulfilling career in home care. CASA was established in 2004 with a vision of becoming the UK’s leading employee-owned provider of domiciliary health and social care support services. We
Middleton Railway was amongst the groups from South Leeds receiving awards at the RHS Yorkshire In Bloom ceremony at York Racecourse on Tuesday (11 September 2018). The railway was awarded a Gold Award in the “Tourist Attraction” category. The judge said the floral displays on the Moor Road station platform
Beeston’s newest mosque, the Jamia Masjid Abu Huraira, on Catherine Grove, just off Tempest Road, opened its doors to worshipers at the weekend (8 September 2018). This Sunday (16 September 2018) it is holding a grand opening event and the whole community is invited. The open day will be an
Police numbers bolstered through council funding while local crime soars due to national policing cuts It is a well-documented fact that police funding has been slashed over the last eight years as part of the national Government austerity measures. Crime statistics from South Leeds show that this has been associated
Whitehaven 46-10 Hunslet RLFC Whitehaven dealt a massive blow to Hunslet’s play off chances by handing the South Leeds outfit their second 40 point mauling on the road in the last month. [slideshow_deploy id=’84560′] Photos by Paul Johnson Phoenix Photography Things were ominous from the start when influential full-back Jimmy
Blue Plaque is Unveiled at Leeds Marshall’s Mill to Honour City’s Pioneering Industrialist John Marshall A blue plaque honouring the work of pioneering mill owner John Marshall has been unveiled today (Monday 10 September 2018) at the site of his achievements, Marshall’s Mill. The Mill, which is the largest building
First you have to find your own road in to the Playhouse. Most of the car park at the back has disappeared, swallowed up by the builders who are transforming our wonderful Playhouse to make it even more wonderful. We seemed to be going in an ever-decreasing spiral to find