What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A resident of Beeston has been hit with a three-month curfew and a financial penalty after pleading guilty to a number of fly-tipping offences. Mr Yadson Barroso of Westbourne Avenue was ordered to pay £200 towards costs and a surcharge of £60 at Leeds Magistrates Court after pleading guilty this
Cottingley Primary Academy has made a video to celebrate Christmas and everyone’s hard work through the year. Cottingley is part of the Academies Enterprise Trust, which operates 66 schools across the country. Each year the trust runs a Christmas video competition and this year staff at Cottingley decided to enter.
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 12 December 2016: Retrospective planning application for alterations to former public house at first and second floor to form
St Mary’s Church in Beeston is hosting ‘Carols by Candlelight’ on Sunday (18 December 2016) at 7pm. This is not a full carol service but a chance people to come together and sing some favourite Christmas carols together. Rev Lindsey Pearson, the Vicar of Beeston said: “If you got a
Jobs fair held at White Rose Shopping Centre secures employment for 266 people A jobs fair held at a popular South Leeds shopping centre has proved to be an outstanding success. Following the event, which was held at The Point, White Rose Shopping Centre, 266 attendees on the day subsequently
The Cross Flatts Lantern Festival returned for the 4th time on Friday 9 December 2016. Approximately 400 people came out on an unseasonably mild December evening to enjoy seeing the park beautifully lit up with lanterns and fairy lights. [slideshow_deploy id=’56654′] Photos by Mark Day The crowds were treated to
A press release landed in my In Box this week saying that the Marshalls Mill complex in Holbeck Urban Village, or Holbeck as most of you know it, was fully let for the first time since it was redeveloped 15 years ago. It doesn’t sound riveting reading and we decided
Dozens of companies across the Marshalls Mill and Round Foundry estate in Holbeck Urban Village have been collecting gifts to be donated to Leeds Women’s Aid this Christmas. At a time of year when many struggle, the generosity of others can be an unexpected comfort and today, Thursday 15 December
White Rose Shopping Centre and Heart Yorkshire Become Santa’s Little Helpers as Shoppers Buy Gifts for A Deserving Child This Christmas White Rose Shopping Centre in association with Heart Yorkshire are encouraging shoppers to buy a gift for a deserving child this Christmas. Until Sunday (18 December 2016), the Heart
Yorkshire community charity, Groundwork Leeds, is calling for knitters across the region to put their skills to the test to help keep vulnerable people warm this winter. As part of the charity’s Knitting Communities Together campaign, Groundwork Leeds aims to highlight the rise in fuel poverty across Yorkshire and provide