What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The agenda for Inner South Community Committee, which will be held next Wednesday (5 September 2018) at 4:30pm has been published. The Committee is made up of the nine Councillors for our three wards: Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park. The meeting starts with an Open Forum,
The Friends of Middleton Park are hoping to make improvements to the children’s play area in the park – but they need your help. With Council funds stretched to breaking point, the Friends are applying for external grants and they need comments from residents to show funders that there is
Forward Leeds, the city’s drug and alcohol service is sharing advice and information on what to do in the event of an overdose for International Overdose Awareness Day this week. Today (31 August 2018) is International Overdose Awareness Day and Forward Leeds are using this to help members of the
Danielle Watkins, the coach of Leeds Dynamite Cheerleaders in Middleton has been appointed coach to the England ParaCheer Freestyle Pom team. For those of you not familiar with the world of cheerleading, this means Danielle will be at the ICU World Championships in the United States next April. This is
Are you struggling in the jobs market? Do you need to brush up your core skills? The Passport To Work programme which starts next week at Beeston Skills Hub, might be just what you need. Over 12 weeks you will work on practical work related skills; essential Maths and English
A new mural has appeared in Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park on the wall of the Watsonian Pavillion. The work was commissioned by Beeston Festival and features the work of many festival goers who made their mark with aerosols on the day. Now local artist Claire Bentley-Smith has completed the work
We are sad to report the death of William (Bill) Cutler, Cottingley Hall Estate’s longest standing resident, aged 99. After service in the Royal Navy, Bill moved to Cottingley shortly after the end of the Second World War. Amid a housing shortage, pre-fabricated homes were quickly built at Cottingley and
A man has been arrested this morning (29 August 2018) in connection with an incident where a shotgun was fired at a house in Leeds. The 28-year-old man was arrested in Beeston shortly after 5am in relation to an incident on last Thursday when firearms damage was caused to the
We are told that unemployment is at a 40 year low and yet demand for food banks in South Leeds has never been higher. How can this be? There are lots of reasons, so let’s look at each of them in turn. First, it’s the result of benefit cuts, sanctions
Breath Easy is a weekly exercise session for people suffering from COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). I went along to the Parochial Hall in Middleton and spoke to three regulars: Kathleen, Val and Tony. “We come to improve our breathing techniques” explains Tony. “When you’ve got COPD what you tend