What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The family of four-year-old Patrick Askham are fundraising to help meet the cost of supporting him in Birmingham Children’s Hospital following a bowel transplant operation. Patrick was born with an Omphalocelepart and part his intestine outside his body and has had repeated surgery as well as a stoma. In April
Holbeck Elderly Aid (HEA) put on a Christmas dinner for 86 members last Tuesday (11 December 2018) ably assisted by staff from Barclays and children from Beeston Hill St Luke’s Primary School. Christmas jumpers were on display and the winter shone through the windows of St Matthew’s Community Centre. Before
Business tenants at Marshall’s Mill and the Round Foundry Media Centre in Holbeck presented staff from Leeds Women’s Aid with hundreds of presents for children staying in the refuge over Christmas. This is the fourth year that the collection has been organised by Front of House, Receptionist and Events Co-ordinator
South Leeds Life has been contacted by residents from Hunslet Carr who heard what they describe as an explosion coming from Hunslet Cemetery. West Yorksire Fire & Rescue Service did not attend, but West Yorkshire Police commented: “Police were called at around 12.40am this morning (18 December 2018) after a
DePuy Synthes acted as Father Christmas on Thursday (13 December 2018) bringing the generations together for Christmas dinner and carol singing. One hundred members and volunteers from the South Leeds Live At Home scheme in Beeston visited the DePuy Synthes factory on St Anthony’s Road and were greeted by pupils
Three new businesses on the former Shokar Mini Market site on Middleton Road in Belle Isle have opened and can provide for all your wedding needs! As we reported previously Nicci McCulloch and Kirsty Oxley, the women who left bouquets on remembrance benches in Belle Isle and Hunslet, have extended
We have given the South Leeds Life website a bit of an overhaul this weekend (15-16 December 2018) we hope you like the new look. As well as using the full width of the screen on laptops and desktop computers enabling us to show larger pictures, the new design should
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 10 December 2018: 4m single storey rear extension, 3.6m to ridge height and 2.55m to eaves 11 Jessamine Avenue
Police are investigating a report of a serious sexual assault on a 17-year-old girl on Fairfax Road, Beeston at around 4.15pm yesterday (11 December 2018). The suspect was identified as a 16-year-old boy who was known to the victim, and he was arrested by officers. He remains in police custody.
This year’s Christmas Show at Cockburn School: Fame The Musical, opened tonight (11 December 2018). South Leeds Life went along to the dress rehearsal for a sneak peek and to interview some of the principal actors. The show runs until Friday (14 December) and some tickets are still available, contact