What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Residents in LS10 worked together to solve a long-standing neighbourhood problem this month – and even turn it into something positive. Storms last year blew down a tree on the Telfords in Hunslet – but the Council’s over-stretched forestry team were unable to respond to local requests to clear it
A small south Leeds company are crying foul over a long-running dispute with Leeds City Council, saying they feel ‘bullied’, and arguing that the Council are misusing legislation to protect their own financial interests. Instaplanta – based in Hunslet Moor, and co-run by local resident Malcolm Simpson – install and
Residents of the H2010 neighbourhood on the Hunslet riverfront this month sprung into action to tackle a major flytipping incident in the River Aire. They and other locals were disgusted to spot dozens of bin liners (they have counted at least 50) full of waste floating in the river from
An elderly shopkeeper in Beeston Hill is being hailed as a hero, after successfully thwarting an attempted robbery, and even detaining the culprit for arrest. Raja Ejaz Hussain, 69, co-runs Raja Brothers on Lodge Lane in Beeston – and was working alone in the store on Thursday evening (27 August
The Involve Centre in Hunslet are hosting the latest local ‘free shop’ this Thursday (30 July 2020): an opportunity for residents to come grab a range of unwanted household goods, left in the city by departing students in north Leeds – for free! The event – run in partnership with
Many of us have been having clear-outs, and have piles of goodies to donate to our much-loved local charity stores. They are reopening as follows – please support them with your donations and your custom, to help them sustain their crucial work in our communities. Note that all will be
Local people have found themselves increasingly at loggerheads over the wellbeing of the much-loved family of swans, currently nesting in the Middleton Park lake – and whether their safety trumps the rights of those wanting to fish there. As previously reported, the swans first made their home there – on
Credit to sisters Rene White and Brenda Jephcott from Beeston (combined age: 164) who have been sewing scrubs for staff at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Over the past month they have spent over 150 hours between them making up the medical tops and trousers. Through Brenda’s daughter, they started off making
Residents on the Hunslet riverfront are crying foul over a proposed alteration to a planning application – requested by a property developer – which will see them miss out for the second time on having a neighbourhood shop; the deadline to comment on the application is Monday 18 May (2020).
A Beeston care home – Sunnyview House – has seen seven residents pass away with confirmed Coronavirus (Covid-19), and a further ten have passed away who displayed symptoms but have not been confirmed as Covid-positive. We understand that other local homes are suffering similar circumstances, but details remain unclear. Sunnyview