What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Fire crews attended a house in Westbourne Street, Beeston in the early hours of this morning (7 May 2021) after receiving reports of flames coming out of the roof. The fire was in the attic of the terraced house which has been converted into four flats. All the occupants were
Middleton Primary School has been celebrating diversity and inclusion for the last fortnight. Teaching Assistant Nichola Stanhope told us more: “We took a fortnight out of our timetable to teach our children all about the different ways families are made up and how we should embrace diversity within our communities.
Three Middleton Guides are celebrating having achieved the highest, Gold Award, despite lockdown. Iona Clayton, Lily Scott and Eleasha Griffiths had to complete a minimum of 8 individual badges, 8 patrol badges and over 2,000 minutes of unit challenge time. This included challenges across the 6 new themes which are
Tomorrow, Thursday 6 May 2021, is polling day in the Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Mayoral elections. If you are voting in person be sure to check your poll card to find your polling station. Due to the pandemic a number of polling stations have changed this year including
Local charity wellbeing project Your Space are working with people in Holbeck to Grow Our Own fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers. The free Sunday gardening group started mid-April and has been utilising under-loved spaces in the area to re-green the urban environment. Not only does this help the planet and
Alex Walker has recently become the new Chair of Trustees at Trinity Network, the charity that runs services for older people from their bases in Beeston Hill and Belle Isle. I spoke to Alex about the organisation’s work through the pandemic and their excitement about reopening face to face services
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
The Bridge Café, based in the Watsonian Pavilion in Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park is becoming quite a community hub. The café itself is open again serving hot and cold food and drinks, outside, Monday to Friday 9am-3pm. The café is an offshoot of Health For All’s Bridge Project which supports
Last night (28 April 2021) South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting as part of our local elections coverage. All the candidates standing in the ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: mental health, actions to help the local community, what should
We have been distributing copies of the May newspaper to venues around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (Thursday 29 April 2021). Copies are available from various food shops including Beeston Co-op, Middleton Asda and Dewsbury Road Tescos as well as many small neighbourhood shops and charity shops. We have