What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A Beeston woman has taken the bold step of taking on a running challenge each month until Christmas, in order to raise money to support Diabetes UK. Mel Arendt, 42, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2015 after a routine health check. She’s taking on the running challenge after
MindWell, the award-winning mental health website for people in Leeds, commissioned by NHS Leeds CCG, has launched ‘MindWell at Work’, a new employee wellbeing guide for employers in Leeds for Mental Health Awareness Week. The guide, produced in partnership with Mindful Employer Leeds, will provide an open online resource for
There will be a free theatre event at BITMOs GATE this Saturday (18 May 2019). In June there will be a performance of the play “Black Teeth & a Brilliant Smile” at BITMOs GATE. It’s about the life of Bradford-born playwright Andrea Dunbar, who wrote “Rita, Sue and Bob Too”.
I greatly appreciate the opportunity afforded to respond, and have free speech exerted in a way that is slowly trickling away from our society. We should first make assessment of whether Councillors are able to do the job before we take into account if they care enough to do the
A few weeks back I stood in the local elections and it became apparent to me that many people simply don’t understand why they are voting or even what they are voting for, so many chose not to vote at all. Only 43.2% of those who voted wanted Paul Truswell
Last Friday (10 May 2019) Beeston residents joined forces with staff from First Direct bank in Stourton, rolled up their sleeves, and got stuck into some community gardening together. The ten-strong group tidied up the community garden outside the unused Holy Spirit church on Tempest Road, and planted new fruit
It is often said that the best food in Beeston is the food that is cooked at home! Now a project that aims to bring those recipes together is launching with a special event at Beeston Library next Tuesday (21 May 2019) and everyone’s invited. Anyone who calls South Leeds
It is estimated that two children in every classroom of 30 children have a language disorder that affects the way they understand and express language, which is not linked to another condition. A series of 11 animated speech and language development videos has been released by Leeds Community Healthcare NHS
Iceland Foods have confirmed that they are set to open a new store at Junction 1 Retail Park, Ring Road Beeston, close to B&Q in a unit formerly occupied by Aldi. The store will be one of their larger The Food Warehouse outlets which describes itself on the website thus:
The first sod of grass was turned for the building of the new Beeston Village Community Centre on Friday 3 May 2019. Cllr Angela Gabriel (Beeston & Holbeck) did the honours, helped by Pat McGeever, CEO of Health For All and Steven Gould from the National Lottery Community Fund. Representatives