What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hunslet RLFC took on Barrow Raiders from the Championship as Storm Isha hit Craven Park on the Cumbrian coast on Sunday (21 January 2024) in their first preseason match of the campaign. In atrocious conditions, the Parksiders narrowly lost 16-6, holding Barrow to a six point margin until the 75th
Following the article about Beeston Hill Community Association’s meeting on 29 January 2024, Councillors Paul Wray and Mohammed Iqbal (Labour, Hunslet & Riverside) have been in touch to clarify the proposals to change the junction between Tempest Road and Dewsbury Road: We just want to clarify what work is actually
The Leeds Winter Coat Appeal, run by Zero Waste Leeds, is asking people in South Leeds to donate great quality second-hand winter coats and other items of winter clothing in the last few days for donations to the winter 2023-24 campaign. Donation points in South Leeds include: Hunslet Community Hub
With two weeks left until the end of the winter Covid and Flu vaccination campaign on 31 January 2024, the NHS in West Yorkshire is working hard to provide all eligible people with their vaccinations in local NHS walk-in centres and participating pharmacies. Dr James Thomas, Medical Director at NHS
A meeting next Monday (29 January 2024) will debate changes being planned to make the junction of Tempest Road and Dewsbury Road safer. At the last public meeting of Beeston Hill Community Association in November we became aware of significant changes that are being planned for the Tempest Road/Dewsbury Road
A group of 20 Beeston and Holbeck residents, activists and trades unionists met at Cross Flatts Park on Saturday (20 January 2024) and walked together into central Leeds to join the Leeds March for Palestine organised by Leeds Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Carrying a ‘Beeston for Palestine’ banner and ‘Freedom for
Beeston Festival held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 11 January, reflecting on another successful event in 2023 and looking ahead to 2024. The Annual Report, which is now available to read and download on the festival website at beestonfestival.org.uk, details how the organising committee plan their work and reflected
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 Monday 15 January 2024. Click on the description to see the full application: 6.00m single storey rear extension, 2.97
It was refreshing to read about the new Cross Flatts football team being formed at the Hamara Centre to, hopefully, start playing in a league next year. Our community, in Cross Flatts, have been starved of a team representing our village for years now, the last team to play, also
Councillors on the Adults, Health and Active Lifestyles Scrutiny Board received an update this week on out of hours bereavement arrangements in Leeds following an in-depth service review to improve the experience of bereaved families. South Leeds councillors Mohammed Iqbal, who has been engaged in this work for some time,