What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Make sure you put the finishing touches to your winter garden tidy before garden waste collections go into hibernation in Leeds after Saturday 2 December 2016. That is the last collection day for brown bins in the city until the service re-starts 12 weeks later on 27 February 2017. More
Police in Leeds are appealing for witnesses to a serious road traffic collision. It happened yesterday (Sunday 20 November 2016) afternoon at 12.15pm at the junction of Thorpe Road and Acre Road in Middleton when a Vauxhall Signum car and a Lifan motorbike collided. The driver of the motorbike –
Detectives in Leeds are appealing for information after an aggravated burglary in Middleton on October 2. It occurred around 9pm on Sunday 2 October 2016 when three masked men forced entry to a property on the Ring Road. They threatened the 29-year-old female occupant with what is described as a
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 November 2016: Change of use from building society (A2) to office (B1) 99 Domestic Street Holbeck Leeds
Tomorrow (Sunday 20 November 2016) is known to home bakers as Stir-up Sunday. It is the day for making your Christmas Cake and Christmas pudding. I’m not keen on starting Christmas celebrations too early, but this is one exception. Christmas cakes and puddings taste much better for having some time
St Andrew’s Methodist Church, on Old Lane in Beeston celebrated its 60th anniversary on Sunday 6 November 2016. Both current and former members attended a service of celebration and thanksgiving led by the Rev Paul Bettison. Paul was brought up in Beeston and remembers visiting the new St Andrew’s as a
Pupils, parents and staff at Hunslet Moor Primary School in Beeston marked Children In Need day with a big charity breakfast this morning (Friday 18 November 2016). The school runs a daily breakfast club, supported by Greggs and PWC, for 40-50 children. The club ensures children are nourished and ready
Two men have been walking in ever decreasing circles around Holbeck for the last week collecting objects of interest as they progress. Luckily for you I’m not an art critic, otherwise I might have spun that sentence out to fill the whole column, lost you as a reader and ended
Call for local out-of-hours helpline answered by Holbeck Elderly Aid and NHS Holbeck Elderly Aid (HEA), a South Leeds charity supporting vulnerable older people in the community has received a Third Sector Health Grant from NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to the value of over £46,000.
Monday (14 November 2016) was takeover day at New Bewerley Community School in Beeston as children across the school took on adult roles for the day. The whole school was involved with children in Key Stage 1 painting pictures of staff in school, whilst those in Key Stage 2 applied