What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
FURTHER UPDATE 4:41pm: Police have confirmed that Branadine Giymaah has been found safe and well. Police in Leeds are making an urgent appeal for information trace a 14-year-old girl who has gone missing. Branadine Gyimaah was last seen at her home in Beeston yesterday morning and was reported missing
People from across Hunslet, Belle Isle and south Leeds are rallying to raise funds for popular local lad Jason Pepper who – aged just 27 – is fighting a losing battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Jason – who grew up and lives in Belle Isle, attended
Local residents are urging others in their community to join an “empowering and friendly” exercise class in Hunslet – called Breathe Easy – or face the risk of losing it. The British Lung Foundation has been running the classes for anyone with breathing difficulties, such as COPD or asthma, since last
Royal Mail have announced today (13 February 2018) that they are to proceed with the closure of Holbeck Delivery Office, but postal workers are threatening industrial action to stop the move. As previously reported, Royal Mail’s plan is to close the office on New Princess Street and move the operation
In this 50th year since the legendary ‘Watersplash Final’, Red Ladder Theatre Company is touring rugby league play ‘Playing The Joker’ to rugby clubs and non-traditional arts spaces across Yorkshire. Written by award-winning author and former Sunday Mirror journalist Anthony Clavane (Promised Land/Leeds Lads), ‘Playing The Joker’ examines the People’s
Windrush: Movement of the People – Phoenix Dance Theatre at West Yorkshire Playhouse In 1948 a boat set sail from the Caribbean. It carried 800 African Caribbean men and women to Britain. Many of the men had served in the British forces during World War II. Leaving behind loved ones,
Here’s another entry for the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards has been submitted by Holbeck In Bloom, the volunteer community gardening group. For details of how YOUR community group can enter please click here. I have been treasurer for Holbeck in Bloom for over six years now and in that
Here’s our roundup of events to keep your children entertained this half term. If we’ve missed any events, please add them in the comments section below. Pancake Craft Cafe St Luke’s Church, Beeston Hill is hosting a craft cafe with added pancakes! The hall will be set up with
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 29 January 2018: New pavilion structure, removal of two trees, refurbishment to existing fixed seating and new paving to
A new Memory Café is to open on Wednesday 28 February between 1.30-3pm and will be held last Wednesday of every month at Middleton Elderly Aid. I have Dementia myself and found these memory cafés very useful where you can get advice and a chat over a cup of coffee.