What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Works Skatepark in Hunslet has closed its doors and ceased trading citing the long hot summer and changes to grant funding hitting their income and making the operation uneconomic. In a statement on Facebook they said: “It’s with great sadness that after 6 years of positive impact through our
Tickets are selling fast for the St Andrew’s Pantomime as, once more the intrepid amateur players gear up for their annual show. A long time ago, in a small town called Beeston, there lived a princess called Snow White. Her home life wasn’t very happy thanks to her wicked step
The Church of England have put plans in motion to demolish the modern section of St Mary’s Church in Hunslet. The church closed in 2015 and the modern building, which dates from 1975 is understood to be structurally unsound. However, the landmark clock tower and spire, which are Grade II listed,
South Leeds Life has once again teamed up with St Luke’s CARES to give community projects in South Leeds the chance to win up to £1,000 AND get some free publicity. St Luke’s CARES have committed £2,000 of money raised from their charity shop on Dewsbury Road to be given out
Stourton is set to get a new inland port as plans for freight traffic to return to our waterways move forward. A planning application has been submitted to create two new wharfs on the River Aire at Stourton capable of handling up to 200,000 tonnes a year of bulk cargoes
Have you read the January edition of our South Leeds Life newspaper yet? We started distributing copies to community venues throughout LS10 and LS11 on Friday. With many venues closed over the New Year period you may have to wait a few days for your copy. If you usually collect
I am sad to report that Heather Phillips, who will be known to many in the Labour and trade union movement as well as the wider Beeston community, has died at the tragically young age of 54. Heather was born in Pontypridd in South Wales and moved to Leeds in
For our review of 2018 we have decided to look back at our newspaper front page stories January: Bike Hub Launches The Leeds Urban Bike Park, to give it its proper name, opened its doors a year ago. Built on the former golf course in Middleton Park and further phase
Well that’s pretty much it from all of us at South Leeds Life for this year. We will have a roundup of 2018’s top news stories for you next week and report on any important breaking stories and we will return with our normal service on Wednesday 2 January. We
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 17 December 2018: 5m single storey rear extension, 3.495m to ridge height and 2.5m to eaves 135 Old Lane