What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The canteen at DePuy Synthes’ Beeston factory was filled with over 100 members of the South Leeds Live at Home Scheme (SLLaH) and the choir from Hugh Gaitskell Primary School on Thursday (14 December 2017) for their annual Christmas celebration. This was the fifth Christmas dinner the company has hosted,
A thriving community centre in Belle Isle is celebrating after a long fight to establish ownership of their building. Manorfield Hall on Newhall Road has always been owned by the community, but for years they couldn’t prove it. Ten years after Secretary Manager Geoff Byers first asked to see the
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 11 December 2017: Outline application for residential development and associated basement parking Sweet Street Holbeck Leeds LS11 9AA Ref.
It’s often said that Christmas is a time for children, so how do you cope at this time of year if you’ve lost a child? The Middleton-based charity Charlies-Angel-Centre Foundation teamed up with St Cross Church in Middleton for the second year to host a Christmas Memorial Service. About fifty
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 third year that the collection has been organised by Front of House, Receptionist and Events Co-ordinator
December has already seen a range of Christmas-themed events at libraries in South Leeds and the fun continues this week and next. Perhaps the highlight will be the performance of Jenny’s Christmas at Beeston library on Wednesday 20 December at 6pm. This one woman show by Curly Tales theatre company
A consultation evening will be held on Thursday (14 December 2017) where residents can see the plans for the Elements Primary School due to be built in Middleton, ahead of a planning application being submitted. As previously reported on South Leeds Life, the school is set to be built on
On Friday 1 and Sunday 3 December 2017 The Hunslet Club hosted its annual Christmas pantomime, Cinderella, the timeless tale of good triumphing over evil. The cast played to packed houses of over 200 people at each performance entertaining everyone with singing, dancing and some great comedy moments. [slideshow_deploy id=’70754′]
Forty five year-old Atilla Foeldesi, who was the subject of a European Arrest Warrant following offences committed in Hungary has now been arrested. He was arrested on Saturday evening (9 December 2017) in the West Yorkshire area. Mr Foeldesi had been sentenced to over 5 years in prison for offences
One hundred people attended a meeting last night (10 December 2017) to find our more about Aspiring Communities’ (AC) controversial plans for the Ice Pak site on Barkly Road. The meeting, organised by Aspiring Communities and held at Beeston Parish Centre, set out to answer residents’ questions about the group’s