What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Apple juicing, toffee apples, chutneys, sausage making, longest peel competitions, craft activities… it’s all happening in South Leeds this weekend as communities celebrate Apple Day 2017. Thwaite Mills Orchard Explorers Sat 21 October, 1-4pm. Thwaite Lane, LS10 1RP Go along to celebrate apple day and explore the ancient orchard at
A new multi-agency task force, the West Yorkshire Financial Exploitation and Abuse Team (WYFEAT), comprising of professionals from Trading Standards, Police and Social Services, has been set up to investigate doorstep crime and safeguards victims. It has recently secured prison sentences against prolific rogue traders operating in West Yorkshire. Robert
Music lessons at Windmill Primary School were given an international flavour on Friday (13 October 2017) as pupils are joined by two of the Master Trainers from the British Council’s music education initiative, World Voice. Around eighty children in Years 3-5 pupils from Windmill Primary School and Low Road Primary School came
White Rose Shopping Centre is hosting a series of toy-testing sessions this Half Term, inviting children to get hands-on with the latest Christmas toys in a bid to create Leeds’ very own top ten festive wish list. On Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 October 2017 from 10am–5pm, White Rose’s very
CEG has submitted a hybrid planning application for a significant 3.52 hectare (8.69 acre) site on Globe Road and Water Lane in Holbeck, part of the Leeds ‘South Bank’. This application was lodged in the same week that Leeds City Council approved Vastint’s plans to develop the Tetley brewery site
A range of principles to guide the remodelling of Leeds Station into a transport hub of international significance at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse are to be discussed by senior councillors this week. HS2 will extend the current station southwards across the river Aire. The new rail line will
Staff at Barnardo’s shops in Leeds are asking people to have a pre-Christmas sort-out and donate their pre-loved winter woollies to their local store. Stocks of winter clothes – such as jumpers and coats – are flying off the rails at the Barnardo’s shops including the Hunslet store, as 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 9 October 2017: Detached component packaging building Sulzer Pumps UK Ltd Manor Mill Lane Beeston Leeds LS11 8BR Ref.
Coroners are appealing for any relatives of a Leeds man to come forward. Lee McNulty, 44, of Prosper Street, Hunslet, Leeds, died on 9 October. There were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. He was born in Keighley. Any relatives or anyone with any information about Lee’s relatives are asked
Leeds City Council, Safer Leeds, West Yorkshire Police, and West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner are standing together to reassure members of the public that hate crime in any form will not be tolerated. As part of National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2017, two events will be held in South