What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 30 April 2018: 6m single storey rear extension, 3.95m to ridge height and 2.5m to eaves 43 Old Lane
Thanks to a donation from HARIBO, 14 community projects have received a Leeds Fund grant to improve the emotional and mental wellbeing of young people across Leeds. Managed by Leeds Community Foundation (LCF), The Leeds Fund has distributed over £600,000 since it was launched in 2016 to support a variety
The Holbeck, formerly Holbeck Working Men’s Club is celebrating 140 years of serving the community on Saturday (5 May 2018). In the afternoon from 12-4pm there will be a family fun day featuring a bouncy castle, go karts, face painting, tombola, food, Leeds Rhinos, the Fire Service and a table
All nine Labour Party candidates in the three South Leeds wards of Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park have been elected in the ‘all out’ Leeds City Council election. Results were declared in the early hours of Friday morning (4 May 2018) after an overnight count at
Belle Isle TMO’s GATE Community Resource Centre will host a monthly ‘Aphasia Café’ from Tuesday (8 May 2018). The café will run on the second Tuesday of every month between 1-3pm. Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. Aphasia is
The Middleton Railway is all that remains to remind us of centuries of coal mining around Middleton and Hunslet. Over the years dedicated volunteers have preserved the track and secured and restored items of historical interest. Many of these are examples of the engineering skills once found in Hunslet and
A new community radio station is taking shape at the Cockburn Skills Hub in Beeston and they are looking for contributors and presenters. The team at South Leeds Radio, led by Mick O’Loughlin, are planning a range of programming including music, women’s issues, local history, sports and South Leeds Life
Celebrate the Tour de Yorkshire with an exciting cycle around a unique track at White Rose Shopping Centre this weekend, 5 and 6 May 2018. Visitors of all ages and abilities are invited to mimic the pros, jump on a bike, and enjoy a cycle around a specially-built 30-metre bike
Hunslet Club Parkside have made a great start to their National Conference League Premiership Division season, winning their opening seven fixtures to open up a four point lead at the top in what is their first season in community rugby league’s top flight. [slideshow_deploy id=’76106′] South Leeds Life spoke to
Leeds City Council is reminding residents that they can vote for three candidates and not just the usual one in tomorrow’s local elections. All 99 of the council’s seats are being contested this year due to boundary changes, which means every council area or ward will have three councillor vacancies.