What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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 16 September 2019: 5.0m single storey rear extension, 3.9m to ridge height, 2.4m to eaves 9 Waincliffe Mount Beeston
A new book tracing the intertwined development of coal mining, railways and the community of Middleton has been published by the Middleton Railway Trust. Colliery, Community, Railway, by Charles Milner, was launched at an event at the railway on Tuesday (17 September 2019). It forms the final piece of Last
Over 500 members of the local community explored the extended Cottingley Primary Academy yesterday afternoon on the eve of its official opening this morning (19 September 2019). Cottingley Primary has expanded from 1½ to 2 form entry and also has places for 2 year olds in its nursery. As South
Planet Ice, the new ice rink opening at Elland Road in Beeston is holding a recruitment open evening next Thursday (26 September 2019) between 5-9pm at Regus Office, Building 3, City West Business Park, Gelderd Road, LS12 6LN. The rink, due to open in November, will be available for skating
A new project to help families integrate starts this Sunday (21 September 2019). ‘No Margins’ is billed as family adventures in poetry and spoken word and runs at The Holbeck club. Touchstone’s Migrant Access Project Plus (MAP+) are working with Slung Low theatre and local poets after hearing of issues
Local people have been reacting to the news that Leeds City Council will discuss selling the site of the former Matthew Murray High School in Holbeck to Leeds United, at a meeting on Wednesday (18 September 2019). The plan is to move Leeds United training facilities currently at Thorpe Arch,
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 9 September 2019: One LED digital advertising screen Railway Viaduct Domestic Street/Domestic Road Junction Holbeck Leeds LS11 9RT Ref.
Tenants in Belle Isle are being asked if they want the Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO) to continue managing council housing in the area. The independent, not for profit organisation has managed council housing in Belle Isle since 1991 (originally as an Estate Management Board). It has a board
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 2 September 2019: Change of use from shop and flat above to form 3No. flats; external alterations including blocking
Stuart Petch, who contributes nature photographs to the South Leeds Life newspaper, won an award last month in the 2019 International Bird Photographer of the Year competition. Stuart told us: “Basically I found a dead sparrowhawk in the city centre, ‘rescued’ it from the roadside, brought it home, and was