What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Only transparency about how calculated grades were arrived at can begin to fix the entirely avoidable unfairness of yesterday’s A level results, writes David Holtham, Principal at Elliott Hudson College We all know we are operating in unprecedented times and have to accept undesirable outcomes, but today’s A level results
The Drysalters pub in Beeston could become a Costa drive-through coffee shop if planning permission is granted, but residents have set up a campaign to try and stop the development. The pub has been a feature of the area for decades and is popular with both Leeds United and away
Lockdown Babies: Breastfeeding during a pandemic, how South Leeds support services keep going! Pandemics don’t stop babies being born and more than ever more mothers are choosing to breastfeed because of the protection against infections that it offers. But what happens when you need support? We know 8/10 mothers stop
Work has started on a new 3km segregated cycle lane, which will provide a further boost for West Yorkshire’s growing network. The construction of a new cycle lane on Elland Road, Leeds is part of a £6.9m package of new infrastructure delivered through the Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme, which is
In news that has been welcomed by local Councillors Andrew Scopes, Gohar Almass and Angela Gabriel, work has started on St Anthony’s Drive in Beeston to make the road safer for local school children to cross. Although the works are only minor and should take less than a week to
Inspired by Yorkshire-born, Captain Sir Tom Moore, an Intergenerational Walkathon took place today (12 August 2020) on Holbeck Moor to raise money for non-for-profit organisation, Holbeck Together. The Leeds United Foundation has joined forces with the National Citizen Service to give teenagers (aged 15-17) the chance to develop life skills
UPDATE: Elmie Williams has been found safe and well Police are appealing for the public’s help tracing a missing woman from Leeds. Elmie Williams, aged 77, was last seen on Harrogate Road and was reported missing earlier today (11 August 2020). Elmie is black and has black plaited hair.
Leeds South and East Foodbank has received a donation of more than £19,000 thanks to long-term Trussell Trust supporter Amey. As subsidiaries of Ferrovial, the construction arm in the UK, Ferrovial Construction, and leading public service provider Amey, identified the Trussell Trust as a charity on the front-line of the
Free socially distant one-to-one adult cycle training from the front door is being made available to help people living and working in West Yorkshire to cycle to work or college. The cycle training scheme is being delivered as part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme, which is aimed
The West Yorkshire and Harrogate Local Maternity System has created a series of films in community languages, delivered by clinicians, that aim to raise awareness among pregnant BAME women about risk factors, signs and symptoms of coronavirus infection and how to protect themselves. The films advise women that if they,