What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
New Bewerley Community School in Beeston is celebrating after having been found to be ‘Good’ across the board in their latest Ofsted inspection. Amongst their findings, Inspectors reported that: “From their low starting points in Reception, most pupils make strong progress by the time they reach the end of Year
A woman and her child were treated for smoke inhalation following a house fire in Middleton yesterday evening. Two fire engines from Hunslet Fire Station attended the property on Ring Road Middleton just after 7pm yesterday (Sunday 6 May 2018). The fire had started in the kitchen with a microwave
Mulch ado about rotting! Leeds residents encouraged to give composting a go for International Compost Week. Leeds City Council is inviting residents to come and learn about the many benefits of composting from an expert, as they prepare to tour garden centres across Leeds in celebration of International Compost Week
You can call it rapping, or poetry, slamming or ranting – it’s all performing the spoken word. In the run up to Beeston Festival Phil Pearce and Kevin Philips are running free weekly workshops, starting on Tuesday 8 May, 6-7pm at City Evangelical Church on Cemetery Road. During the ten
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 30 April 2018: 6m single storey rear extension, 3.95m to ridge height and 2.5m to eaves 43 Old Lane
Thanks to a donation from HARIBO, 14 community projects have received a Leeds Fund grant to improve the emotional and mental wellbeing of young people across Leeds. Managed by Leeds Community Foundation (LCF), The Leeds Fund has distributed over £600,000 since it was launched in 2016 to support a variety
The Holbeck, formerly Holbeck Working Men’s Club is celebrating 140 years of serving the community on Saturday (5 May 2018). In the afternoon from 12-4pm there will be a family fun day featuring a bouncy castle, go karts, face painting, tombola, food, Leeds Rhinos, the Fire Service and a table
All nine Labour Party candidates in the three South Leeds wards of Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park have been elected in the ‘all out’ Leeds City Council election. Results were declared in the early hours of Friday morning (4 May 2018) after an overnight count at
Belle Isle TMO’s GATE Community Resource Centre will host a monthly ‘Aphasia Café’ from Tuesday (8 May 2018). The café will run on the second Tuesday of every month between 1-3pm. Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. Aphasia is
A new community radio station is taking shape at the Cockburn Skills Hub in Beeston and they are looking for contributors and presenters. The team at South Leeds Radio, led by Mick O’Loughlin, are planning a range of programming including music, women’s issues, local history, sports and South Leeds Life