What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Local people who have lost friends and family members because of drugs are being invited to enter names and tributes in memorial books being opened across the city. Drug and alcohol service Forward Leeds is opening the books in the reception areas of its hubs in Seacroft, Armley and Kirkgate
Twenty one people, including four from South Leeds are due to appear in court today (30 August 2017) charged with violent disorder following a large fight at a boxing event. The charges relate to an incident at the Centenary Pavilion, at Leeds United’s stadium in Elland Road on Saturday, February
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 21 August 2017: Engineering operations to remediate and level brownfield land Bath Road Holbeck Leeds LS11 9TZ Ref. No:
West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service have issued advice to residents living in high rise tower blocks. Two videos have been released showing what to do if a fire breaks out in your flat … … and what to do if a fire breaks out in another flat in
South Leeds residents slapped with heavy fines after garden waste lands them in a mess Complaints about waste piling up in two Leeds gardens has resulted in two local residents being fined this week. Council officers had to step in when fed-up local people reported waste that had been accumulating
Like students across the country, Year 11 students at The South Leeds Academy collected their GCSE results today (24 August 2017). The Academy, which is “relentlessly committed” to raising standards and student aspirations has seen a 13% rise in students achieving a grade 4+ in both Maths and English and
Serial fundraiser, Mark Wilson from Beeston, has set to work to help a family with funeral costs after their daughter died just days before her 9th birthday. Ellie-Mae was born on 20 August 2008 and was joined by her twin sister Leah. Unfortunately not long after her birth Ellie-Mae was
Baby Week is hosting its second annual event and the new South Leeds community hub is supporting this on Thursday and Friday 14 & 15 September 2017. The event will be timed to celebrate Leeds City Council’s newly re-opened Community Hub (formerly One Stop Centre) on Dewsbury Road in Beeston.
White Rose Shopping Centre celebrated National Honey Bee Day – and its very own rooftop hive of bees – with flower-based acts of kindness on Saturday (19 August 2017). The White Rose team has been spreading joy by giving out thousands of bee-friendly seeds for planting to centre visitors, as
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 14 August 2017: Change of use of offices (B1a) to 142 flats (C3) Global Court Millshaw Court Global Avenue