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 16 March 2020: Change of use of an existing HMO to create a single C3 dwelling 11 Colenso Mount
We are aware that this post keeps being circulated on social media. Please note that it refers to the situation on 20 March 2020, three days BEFORE the lockdown was announced. Mosques in South Leeds took different approaches to holding the weekly ‘jummah’ congregational prayer on the first Friday
Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL) has issued a Good Neighbour’s guide to help people stay safe whilst helping others. “During the Coronavirus outbreak many people have come forward to help and support their neighbours. We want you and your neighbours to be safe whilst you help one another out during this
Teams from Cockburn John Charles Academy and Elliott Hudson College were amongst the winners at a recent schools engineering competition organised by Rotary. This year’s event, held at the John Charles Centre For Sport in South Leeds hosted a record number of students from 20 schools. Over 200 students participated
Luxury bedmaker Harrison Spinks has committed to planting 200 trees at Sharp Lane Primary School in Middleton. One of Great Britain’s most innovative bed manufacturers, Harrison Spinks, has enhanced its sustainability credentials further by planting 90 native British broad leaf trees at Sharp Lane Primary School yesterday (19 March 2020).
The Ruth Gorse Academy in Hunslet will remain open “for an indefinite period of time” as a hub providing support to parents and carers, despite the closure of all schools in England amid the spread of the coronavirus. Ruth Gorse will provide support for parents and carers of children at
Many Kurds living in South Leeds were amongst those gathered on Monday (16 March 2020) for a sombre inaugural event featuring the planting of a memorial tree in Park Square Leeds – to mark the anniversary of the Halabja massacre in Kurdistan (in north east Iraq) in March 1988. The
Students from secondary schools across South Leeds have been taking part in a special challenge to create and design a reusable water bottle that will be sold at White Rose Shopping Centre. Year 9 and 10 pupils from Cockburn John Charles Academy, Royds School in Oulton, Woodkirk Academy and Bruntcliffe
A number of libraries in Leeds, including Beeston library on Town Street, have closed today (19 March 2020) in response to Coronavirus. A Leeds City Council spokesperson said: “We continue to follow national guidance around managing the impact of Coronavirus in Leeds, and have taken the decision to close the
A city wide volunteering scheme has been set up by Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL), working with Leeds City Council, to organise a co-ordinated response to support the vulnerable through the Coronavirus crisis. As well as identying volunteers the scheme will ensure that both recipents of support and volunteers stay safe.