What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Work previously approved by Leeds City Council’s Executive Board to improve bus stops on the Cottingley Hall estate are set to start this month according to a report published this week (2 February 2021). The works are designed to encourage bus usage by improving the bus stops, pavements and road
Voice of Holbeck have published their long-awaited report of the Listening Well project detailing residents views about street sex work and the Council’s ‘Managed Approach’ strategy today (2 February 2021). Listening Well ran over the course of a year up to February 2020 and consisted of nine round table events
Leeds City Council report that the following schools are closed this morning (2 February 2021) due to the severe weather: Cockburn John Charles Academy Cockburn School Cottingley Primary Academy Elliott Hudson College Greenmount Primary School Hugh Gaitskell Primary School Hunslet Moor Primary School Ingram Road Primary School Lane End Primary
Our local Councillors discussed domestic abuse at the last meeting of the Inner South Community Committee on 9 December 2020. Gerry Shevlin from Safer Leeds presented a report about the current situation in South Leeds. There were 16,661 incidents of domestic abuse reported in the nine months January to September
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
We have been distributing copies of the February newspaper to venues around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (Thursday 28 January 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. We have been unable to
Asda have lost their latest court battle to stop the redevelopment of the Benyon House site in Middleton. Plans for a new retail park on the site including new B&M and Lidl stores were approved by Leeds City Council in April 2019. As we reported at the time, Councillors on the
Patrick Bamford’s main concern is to score goals for Leeds United, but when he heard that some children at Beeston Primary School were struggling with their learning in lockdown he stepped forward to help. Patrick donated £5,000 of his own money to pay for children to get online and he
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
A historic set of footpaths behind the Asda store on Old Lane in Beeston look set to be adopted after a Public Creation Order was made by Leeds City Council on 12 January 2021. Notices have been posted along the footpaths which connect Cardinal Road and Redhall Crescent with Old