What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Celebrating some of the city’s accessible facilities, venues and activities is at the heart of council plans for Disabled Access Day on Saturday (16 March 2019) this year. Councillor Jonathan Pryor, Leeds City Council Executive Member for Learning, Skills & Employment, said: “We are supporting this bi-annual event to celebrate
Middleton Park GP surgery will continue with new owners from 1 April 2019 as the Fuller & Forbes Partnership takes over the practice. As South Leeds Life reported last year Grange Medical Services which currently runs the surgery decided not to extend its contract and the NHS Leeds Care Commissioning
A takeaway in Leeds has been hit with a £10,000 fine after a worker suffered horrific burns when he was covered with scalding oil from a deep fat fryer. Yorkshire Fried Chicken in Beeston was prosecuted by Leeds City Council’s environmental health team after the man was left with injuries
The youngsters at the Space youth project are serving up their latest community meals next week (Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 March 2019), and everyone’s invited – as long as they pre-book! This term’s three-course meal will be themed around Middle Eastern recipes, featuring flatbreads, tagines, and a famous milk
CEG, the owners of the iconic Temple Works in Holbeck, are to hold two information drop in sessions to share the work they’ve been doing at the building in the year since they bought it. The Grade I listed former flax mill was due to be sold at auction for
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 4 March 2019: Listed Building Application to remove twelve bells and two peal boards from the church tower St
Hunslet RLFC saw off gutsy completion from West Bowling in the Challenge Cup at a windy South Leeds Stadium yesterday (9 March 2019) A minute’s silence was impeccably observed before the kick off for the legendary Peter Fox who sadly died last week. The Bradford amateurs struck first just two
The new footbridge over the River Aire at Knostrop has has been Commended in this year’s McEwen Awards organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The bridge is a very elegant solution to a civil engineering problem. It sits above the moveable weirs that are part of Flood Alleviation
A Leeds college is celebrating its latest figures indicating a boost in women moving into some fields of construction. According to the data, over the last 4 years Leeds College of Building has seen a 30% increase in the number of women studying technician courses including civil engineering and quantity
As the Beeston Community Forum approaches its 20th anniversary, it is moving its meetings to St Anthony’s Church Hall on Old Lane, near the Co-op. The Forum’s next meeting, on Thursday (7 March 2019) will see a relaunch of their efforts to create a Beeston Neighbourhood Plan. The 20th anniversary