What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A Leeds charity which prevents homelessness is appealing to socially responsible businesses to help it celebrate the tenth anniversary of its social enterprise. Turning Lives Around (previously known as Leeds Housing Concern) established Clean Start in 2009 to provide a step back into employment for some of the most marginalised
A celebration event will take place at Manorfield Hall in Belle Isle on Thursday (11 April 2019) to mark the completion of refurbishment works at the community centre. Emma Pogson from the management committee told South Leeds Life: “As all renovations are complete in the main hall, the committee feel
Patients in Leeds are now able to pre-book evening and weekend appointments with a GP, practice nurse or other healthcare professional. NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has commissioned the Leeds GP Confederation to work with local GP practices to offer additional appointments outside of normal GP practice hours. Improving
Voting has now started to decide which of the five shortlisted projects will receive grants of as part of the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards. Since January we have been publicising the work of great local projects helping South Leeds people in so many ways. An independent panel chose the
Residents of Holbeck and Beeston have seen the appearance of plastic bottles on lampposts thanks to the work of Nigel Perry. The bottles contain plastic bags, giving dog owners no excuse not to clear up after animals. The story starts at the other end of the country where ten year
After a record number of people (9 plus 2 dogs) came out on the Arm in Arm walking group last Wednesday (3 April 2019), we came back to the Middleton Elderly Aid centre to enjoy some entertainment with Paul Holt, a singer and comedian originally from Bradford, but now lives
Hunslet RLFC suffered their first defeat of the League 1 campaign against a tough Whitehaven team 16-12 at the Recreation Ground on Sunday afternoon (7 April 2019). The trip to Cumbria was never going to be easy as Haven started the day just two points behind Hunslet, and so it
Julie Parkinson is a self-taught artist, currently in her final year of study for BA Hons Art Enterprise at Leeds City College. Parkinson’s practice has both a functional aspect creating dinner sets, glassware, vases etcetera . . . whilst also creating large scale interactive installations based around themes of mental
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 1 April 2019: 13 non-illuminated signs The Sugar Refinery 432 Dewsbury Road Hunslet Leeds LS11 7DF Ref. No: 19/01881/ADV
After many years of working as a senior professional in the field of information science, Paul Walsh became frustrated by a job which he perceived to “produce nothing”. From this frustration came a period quite literally in the wilderness working as an environmental conservationist before finally returning indoors, and into