What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Friends of Middleton Park launch their summer season of events with escorted walks through the bluebell woods on Sunday 5 and Bank Holiday Monday 6 May. The Friends have teamed up with Middleton Railway and will greet passengers arriving at Park Halt on the 11am, 1pm and 2:40pm trains. You
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 22 April 2019: Variation of condition 1 of planning approval 14/07018/FU to allow retention of structure for a temporary
A new community alert system is being launched in West Yorkshire to keep residents informed of crime in their area and positive work being carried out by police. West Yorkshire Community Alert will allow residents to keep up to date with local police updates and will be launched on Wednesday
Hunslet RLFC‘s Head Coach Gary Thornton has today named his squad to face London Skolars in round seven of Betfred League 1. The game which sees top of the table Hunslet face third place Skolars will take place at the South Leeds Stadium this Sunday (28 April 2019) 3pm kick
Lists of candidates have been announced today (25 April 2019) for the European Parliamentary elections which are set to go ahead on Thursday 23 May, unless a deal on Brexit is concluded before then. The European Parliamentary elections are run on a proportional representation system. We will be electing six
A South Leeds primary school has been shocked by a damning report from Ofsted, which gave the school the lowest rating of “Inadequate”. Hunslet St Mary’s Primary School was inspected over three days in December and January but the report was only published yesterday (24 April 2019). Inspectors found the
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 15 April 2019: Retrospective application for two storage containers to land to the rear of Old Peacock Old Peacock
A snooker hall that sprung up in Beeston has been served with an enforcement notice by Leeds City Council. The Cuedos snooker hall is located on Dewsbury Road near the Tommy Wass junction, in the former Sugar Refinery building. The owners have not applied for planning permission to change the
A full planning application has been submitted to build a 64 bed care home on the site of the Omnibus pub on Throstle Road North in Middleton which closed in February 2016. As we reported in November, Parkhomes UK Ltd are planning to build and run the care home. The
If you’ve been along Water Lane in Holbeck recently you will have seen the earth movers and other machines preparing sites for new building. But did you know that they are also uncovering Holbeck’s industrial heritage? Whilst much of the history of this area was known before the diggers arrived,