What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The agenda for Inner South Community Committee, which will be held next Wednesday (12 June 2019) at 7pm has been published. The Committee is made up of the nine Councillors for our three wards: Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park. The meeting starts with an Open Forum,
Fighting and winning runs in the Crosby family. We have reported previously on Tom “The Viking” Crosby’s sporting career in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA, also known as Cage Fighting), but now Tom’s 5 year old daughter Blossom has joined the fray. Last month Blossom won the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) British
Holbeck Elderly Aid (HEA) and Northern Monk Brewery launched their True North 2019 photography project at St Matthew’s Community Centre on Friday (31 May 2019). The aim is to gather a collection of photographs that celebrate life in Holbeck. Twelve photos will be selected to be published as a calendar,
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 27 May 2019: Alterations involving modification of fire exit into main access entrance/exit, balcony extension and new external decking
We have been distributing copies of the June newspaper to community venues throughout LS10 and LS11 since Wednesday (29 May 2019). Copies are available from libraries, community centres, GP practices, shops, and other community venues. Copies are also available at Dewsbury Road Tescos. Copies will be delivered to schools next
Residents living near the Cuedos Snooker Centre on Dewsbury Road in Beeston are furious that it remains open and its customers continue to cause noise nuisance into the early hours of the morning. This despite the centre being refused planning permission and having been served with an enforcement notice by
Greenmount Primary School pupil M. Tayyab Nazir was chosen to be the Chance to Shine mascot for the England Team at the England v Pakistan cricket match on Sunday 19 May at Headingley Stadium. Having watched both England and Pakistan players training and warming up before the game, the players
Members from across the Beeston community joined the congregation at Abu Huraira Mosque for a community Iftar – the breaking of the fast – on Sunday (26 May 2019). Muslims observe a dawn to dusk fast during the holy month of Ramadan, broken each evening at Iftar. Ramadan is also
If the point of art is to make you stop and think and maybe see the world in a different light, then the current exhibition at Basement Arts Project in Beeston certainly hits the mark. ‘Unmanaged Reproach’ is a show of work by local artist Claire Bentley-Smith. In it she
I met with chef Julie Marshall to find out more about Holbeck Elderly Aid’s hot food service. Julie and her team of volunteers prepare hot lunches every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday as well as a monthly Sunday lunch and a supper club. HEA works with the food charity FairShare which