What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On Sunday (22 November 2020) Northern Monk, the Holbeck-based brewery, gave away 5,000 cans of their flagship beer, Faith, to NHS employees, frontline care workers and educators across the UK. As a thank you for continuing to care for, and teach, the country during this difficult time, 5,000 cans of
Police are appealing for witnesses after a serious road traffic collision on Dewsbury Road in Beeston. Officers were called at 11.45pm yesterday evening (25 November 2020) to reports of a collision involving a Renault Clio on Dewsbury Road, at the junction of Parkside Grove. A boy who was a passenger
Leeds has been placed into Tier 3 restrictions when the current lockdown ends on 2 December. Tiers are expected to be reviewed around 16 December. Councillor Judith Blake, leader of Leeds City Council, said: “The government has today (26 November 2020) announced that Leeds will move into Tier 3 restrictions
Eight-year-old Harley McDonald, who attends Beeston Primary School, has been honoured with an award by the Leeds United Foundation. This week marks the special 10-year anniversary of the Premier League Charitable Fund and to help celebrate the momentous occasion the Leeds United Foundation have worked to identify committed individuals that
White Rose Shopping Centre and Trinity Leeds are both looking forward to welcoming shoppers back to non-essential retail stores on Wednesday (2 December 2020). Following the government announcement this week, both centres are busy implementing additional health and safety measures alongside queue management systems to ensure Christmas shopping is safe
Leeds Civic Trust has organised a talk about Holbeck-born Ivy Benson, the jazz band leader who has a Blue Plaque on Cemetery Road in Beeston. The talk, entitled ‘Sax Appeal: Ivy Benson & Her All-Girls Band’, will be given by Janet Tennant who has written a biography of Ivy Benson.
Stars of stage, sport and screen, including Class Dynamix from Windmill Primary School in Belle Isle, will join residents from all across Leeds for the city’s first ever virtual Christmas lights switch-on on Wednesday 2 December 2020. The exciting line-up for the online seasonal showpiece has been revealed today and
As local Councillors, we know reducing litter is an important issue for residents. It is therefore important we support residents to do the right thing by providing litter bins where they are needed. We are therefore happy to confirm the next round of new litter bins for Hunslet and Riverside
A man and a woman have appeared in court today (23 November 2020) charged over a firearms discharge in Leeds. Junior Coley, aged 37, and Louise Garland, aged 44, both of no fixed address, are each charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possession of
A decorated vehicle will be sprinkling some Christmas magic as it visits streets in Beeston, Middleton and Rothwell in December and in the process raising valuable funds for local older people’s charities. The idea was the brainchild of Helen Windross who works at Sense of Occasion on Old Lane in