What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Georgia Myers was a young woman with her life ahead of her when she tragically took her own life two years ago, the day before her sixteenth birthday. As we reported at the time, the community was shocked and rallied round to fundraise in her memory. Yesterday (9 November 2020)
Community organisations in South Leeds are being encouraged to join 100% Digital Leeds to find out how they can work together to support people in Beeston, Middleton, Holbeck, Hunslet, and Belle Isle to make the most of digital and have better access to health services. Covid-19 has changed the way
Councillors have organised what is thought to be the first residents meeting for people living at the Leeds Dock area near the Royal Armouries museum in Hunslet. The online meeting is set for Tuesday 17 November 2020 at 6:30pm on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting. Cllr Paul Wray
A page from the Yorkshire Evening News (which merged with the Yorkshire Evening Post in 1963) dated Tuesday 28 January 1919, and a bowler hat have been uncovered at a former mill site in South Leeds. Workmen discovered the rare artefacts at the disused Hunslet and Victoria flax spinning mills
Family favourite theatre company Wrongsemble return this Christmas with HUMBUG: a Covid-safe family show that promises to delight and unite all ages. This innovative digital production will allow families to enjoy seven filmed episodes of this exciting story throughout December, accompanied by an interactive HUMBUG ‘Fact File’ filled with 13
A woman has been arrested in Holbeck this morning (8 November 2020) and Class A drugs seized after a tip off from local residents. Officers from the Leeds South Neighbourhood Policing Team executed a search warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act in the early hours of the morning. The
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. Please note that due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak Leeds City Council is not accepting written representations made by post. Please make any comments online and address them to
Leeds City Council has secured £2.9 million of funding to provide targeted energy efficiency improvements such as cavity wall insulation, air source heat pumps, and external wall insulation in areas with high levels of fuel poverty and inefficient homes. The work, which is funded by a Department for Business, Energy
Specialist firearms detectives are appealing for information after a gun was fired at a house in Leeds. At 4.43pm yesterday (Thursday 5 November 2020) police received a report of damage having been caused to the front of the property in Longroyd Crescent, Beeston, at about 11pm on Tuesday (3 November).
Can a community change? All of our neighbourhoods locally are blighted with some level of littering and flytipping – but the Beeston Hill area is probably one of the hardest hit. A team of volunteers and residents – led by local campaigner Ed Carlisle and the local Green Party –