What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
People at high risk of developing lung disease will have the chance to take part in a pioneering project funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research. About 7,000 people across the city who smoke or used to smoke will be invited for a special type of x-ray called a screening CT scan
Asda has announced it is to trial its first pizza-delivery service in partnership with the Just Eat app from its Beeston store on Old Lane. The delivery service which has already been trialled for nearly a month in Killingbeck delivers within approximately a two-mile radius of the store. From Monday
The group campaigning against the “Managed Approach” to street sex work in Holbeck, Save Our Eyes, have called on supporters to join a peaceful vigil on the steps of the Civic Hall next Wednesday (14 November 2018). Campaigners have worked with the Conservative group on Leeds City Council to get
A nursing home for older people is set to be built on the site of the former Omnibus pub on Throstle Road North in Middleton. Parkhomes UK Ltd have confirmed to South Leeds Life that they intend to submit a full planning application to Leeds City Council “within the next
On Sunday (11 November 2018) an Act of Remembrance will be held at Holbeck Cemetery on the 100th anniversary of the Armistice which brought the First World War to an end. Two minutes silence will be held at 11am on Sunday 11 November – the eleventh hour of the eleventh
The Hunslet Club this Saturday (10 November 2018) plays host to the latest consultation event on ‘HS2’, the proposed new High Speed rail scheme due to better connect Leeds with London, the West Midlands, and Manchester – and there remain a wide range of local views on the scheme. The
Strange sightings, missing people and terrifying noises have been reported – what is really going on at Skelton Grange Research Centre? On the night of Friday 9 November 2018, join the terrified Skelton Grange team for an evening of nightmarish encounters…. find out whether you are a born survivor –
Drop in and meet funders who you could apply to for grants for your voluntary group, charity or social enterprise projects and activities and find out about support to help you apply. Voluntary Action Leeds, supported by Leeds Community Foundation, are holding a funding fair in South Leeds open to
Lads don’t cry. But what of you have to? When you feel like you’re going to explode when everything’s closing in. And you don’t even know if you can stand it anymore. What then? Danny and Tommo have been friends since they were 8 years old. Played, fought, had each
An exhibition at Beeston Library last month told the story of the campaigners whose efforts led to (some) women winning the vote one hundred years ago. The Vote before the Vote exhibition told the story of the long 19th century march towards the full Parliamentary franchise, and the Leeds women