What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Belle Isle where the Little Chefs programme at Belle Isle Family Centre teaches children aged 5-11 and their parents to cook simple nutritious meals. The centre’s
The children of Years 1 and 2 at New Bewerley Community School came together to tell the Christmas story to a hall packed with parents and carers on Friday (9 December 2016). Teacher Gemma Wayte had written the story into a poem which the children had learnt. Classes took it
South Leeds Life volunteer Lucy Potter and colleague Sadiya Salim (child friendly Leeds worker) took part in a fire walk on Wednesday 24 November in Victoria Gardens. It was to help raise money and awareness for the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund and congenital heart disease. The charity which supports the
Ho Ho Hope He’s Strapped In: Santa Set to Race Through West Yorkshire in 2.4 Seconds This Christmas Santa will be spending a brief 2.4 seconds in West Yorkshire this Christmas Eve, racing through the county at a lightning 2,989 km per second (around 1,850 miles per second), research by
Why not make a change? In the New Year and for the first time open to everyone is a range of adult learning courses in subjects from Beading to Djembe Drums from People Matters. All local people from across south Leeds who are 19 years and over and would like
St Andrew’s Pantomime Group in Beeston once more invite you to come with them on a magic carpet ride to the enchanted world of pantomime. The group will be staging their production of Aladdin at St Andrew’s Community Centre on Old Lane from 14-28 January 2017. Once again this year,
If your child is due to start primary school in September 2017 you must apply for a place before 15 January 2017. All school admissions are handled by Leeds City Council and you must make an application even if your child has bothers or sisters already at school or they
Leeds is all set for an unprecedented Advent this year, with an immersive art and lights trail bringing added sparkle, originality and innovation to the city centre over the festive season. Christmas In Leeds is something new; a trail of art, light and magic for all ages, designed to guide
A roundabout in Middleton is on the shortlist for a prestigious architecture award. The Middleton Meadows scheme was a joint venture between Enterprise Rentacar, Green Estates and Leeds City Council on the Middleton Ring Road near the St George Centre and Asda. It saw the roundabout planted up with wild
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 5 December 2016: Alterations involving single storey rear extension, gable side extension and dormer window to rear 144 Old