What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council has set up Facebook Groups to share very local information about the Coronavirus outbreak in each of the 33 wards in the city. The three groups covering inner South Leeds are: Beeston & Holbeck (includes Beeston from Cross Flatts Park up to the Co-op, Cottingley and Holbeck)
Schools in South Leeds have been doing their bit to support the NHS during the current Coronavirus outbreak, making and donating Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Design & Technology staff at both Cockburn School in Beeston and Cockburn John Charles Academy in Belle Isle have made 110 face shields (see main
Crews from Hunslet Fire Station attended a house fire on Harlech Terrace in Beeston at lunchtime today (6 April 2020). The fire broke out in what is understood to be an empty property. Smoke was seen billowing from the attic dormer windows. West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service confirmed that
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 30 March 2020: Erection of single storage container Hunslet Park Donisthorpe Street Hunslet Leeds Ref. No: 20/01868/FU | Status:
Beeston is the latest library in South Leeds set to be converted into a community hub, following Dewsbury Road, St George’s Middleton and Hunslet. Council officers have allocated £355,000 to upgrade the building and refit it so that it can provide a range of Council services. The refit will include
We have published many articles over the years about what Slung Low are up to, but I never expected to report on a theatre company running a social service. We’ve seen How To … festivals, cabaret nights, Moby Dick at Leeds Dock and that big yellow bus delivering a Community
We have been distributing copies of the April newspaper to venues that remain open in LS10 and LS11 today (Wednesday 1 April 2020). Copies are available from various food shops including Beesron Co-op, Middleton Asda and Dewsbury Road Tescos as well as many small neighbourhood shops. Please do not make
Plans have emerged of how extra pressure on match day parking will be managed if Leeds United are promoted to the Premiership. League football is suspended and it is still unclear how the football season will be concluded and whether Leeds United will be promoted to the top flight. However
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 23 March 2020: Single storey rear extension and dormer window to rear 9 Preston Parade Cross Flatts Leeds LS11
South Leeds Life is aware that one of our stories from 21 March 2020 has been used in an attempt to stir up racial tensions. Our report covered the situation, at that time, for both Muslim and Christian worshippers and highlighted the approaches being taken by Mosques in Beeston. Some