What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Inner South Health Champion Councillor Paul Truswell has condemned the impact of Government cuts on local people’s health in a scathing speech to the Full Council last Wednesday (10 January 2018). Councillor Truswell, who represents the Middleton Park ward, highlighted three “shameful statistics” that he said demonstrated the effects of
West Yorkshire Police have confirmed that officers arrested a man in Holbeck on Saturday (13 January 2018) on suspicion of child grooming. He was interviewed and released on police bail with conditions pending further enquiries. A group calling themselves Dark Justice posted this photo on Facebook on Saturday afternoon, claiming
Teenagers are invited to find out more about careers in engineering at a UTC Leeds sixth form open evening for prospective students. UTC Leeds, on Sayner Road, in Hunslet, specialises in advanced engineering and manufacturing and recruits students from the age of 14 as well as at 16. UTCs provide
The spring and summer season at West Yorkshire Playhouse will be special, not just because of the range and quality of performances, but this will be the last before the playhouse closes for a major refurbishment. Every third minute in the UK someone will begin living with dementia. Every Third
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 8 January 2018: Variation of condition 6 (opening hours) of approval 11/05255/FU to amend opening hours to 0730 –
White Rose Shopping Centre is bringing smiles to visitors’ faces this ‘Blue Monday’ (15 January 2018), hosting a visit from a group of penguins and their handlers, who will be sharing fun and educational information about the flippered creatures. Blue Monday falls on the third Monday of January and takes
Want to get fit in 2018 and have fun at the same time? Get along to Beeston Festival’s Bollywood dancing classes! The sessions run every Tuesday at 6pm starting on 9 January 2018 at the Hamara Healthy Living Centre on Tempest Road in Beeston. All ages and abilities are welcome.
Leeds Community Foundation in partnership with Leeds City Council is seeking organisations that provide great holiday activities whilst addressing Holiday Hunger in Leeds. By giving out grants to local projects that run activities during the school holidays Leeds Community Foundation aim to help vulnerable children by funding access to food,
Problems associated with street prostitution in Holbeck continue, but agencies including the Police and Cleansing have increased their activity and there is improved dialogue between residents and agencies. Since we reported on the public meeting on 3 October, a Reference Group has been established to enable dialogue between Holbeck residents
Little Miss Muffet, sat on a Tuffet, eating her Curds and Whey. What is a Tuffet? What are Curds and Whey? Why was Miss Muffet sitting on one and eating the other? None of these questions and more will be answered in the St Andrew’s Pantomime Group‘s 2018 production: Little