What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
South Leeds pizza bar owner fined for failure to follow food hygiene standards The owner of a pizza takeaway in Beeston has been fined over £4,800 after admitting a range of food hygiene offences. This follows an inspection by Leeds City Council’s Environmental Health Team of Sky Pizza Bar on
Burberry have pulled out of a deal that would have seen them refurbishing the Grade I listed Temple Works as part of their new manufacturing base in Holbeck. Back in November 2015 we reported on Burberry’s plans for a £50m state-of-the-art manufacturing plant employing 1,000 workers to make their iconic
What improvements would you like to see at the children’s playground in Middleton Park? That’s the question being asked by Friends of Middleton Park and Leeds City Council. The groups have devised a short online survey to get your views and guide their plans. They want to know what types
Lisa Riley, who works at Marshalls Mill in Holbeck, has been named runner up in the Receptionist of the Year awards. The awards were launched this year by Lucy Walker Recruitment following on from National Receptionist Day in May and aim to recognise the integral role that often overlooked receptionists
Health For All‘s Connected project has come a long way since we first reported on it last year with member Luke Hastings meeting HRH Prince Henry of Wales on his visit to Leeds last week (6 July 2017). The project attracted funding from the Leeds Fund, run by Leeds Community
After a successful first show in February, that raised over £600 for the Kyle Asquith Foundation charity, the Extremely Comedy team came back for a second performance at Cockburn School. The performers also worked with groups of Cockburn students in street dance and acrobatics workshops. Led by funny man Nathan
On Saturday (15 July 2017) between 12 and 5pm in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston Festival will be celebrating everything that is good in the vibrant, diverse community of Beeston. The Festival will celebrate this heritage through running a carnival parade in the park on the theme of “Unity in Diversity”
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 3 July 2017: Linear flood defences along Water Lane, supporting the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme. Water Lane Holbeck Leeds
Five wins since the beginning of June have seen Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club’s First XI up to second place in the Bradford Premier League Championship 2 division after 12 games. On 3 June they set Buttershaw St Paul’s a target of 240 and bowled them out for 209. Their match
In our July newspaper we advertised a meeting that was due to be held by Save Our Beeston on Monday 10 July 2017 at the Cross Flatts Recreation Club, with members of Aspiring Communities. The meeting has been postponed. A new date has not been set, but is likely to