What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
It’s not every day you get the opportunity to buy two streets, but 44 flats and 29 houses on Kirk Beston Close and Cross Heath Grove in Beeston are currently on the market. In fact it’s not the whole of Cross Heath Grove, the section parallel to Elland Road is
Developer Vastint, has revealed its plans for the site of the former Tetley brewery in Hunslet to include housing, offices, restaurants, retail and a park. The plans are on show at The Tetley art gallery in Hunslet for the next three days (17 – 19 November 2016) and Vastint are
If you’ve been for a walk in Middleton Park this week you might have noticed some building work near to the Rose Garden. A new viewpoint is being created to commemorate Nick Rose, a driving force in the Friends of Middleton Park group who died last year. Current Chair of
Hunslet RLFC will be holding an official launch night this Friday (18 November 2016) in the Phoenix Bar at South Leeds Stadium starting at 7:30pm. The night will be a chance for our supporters to meet the club’s new coaching team for the very first time, as they take part
The preferred route of the second phase of the national high-speed rail project was released today by the Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd, showing how the new line will come into Leeds. The announcement also confirms the revised plans released last year for Leeds Station to be remodelled into
Jonathan and Michelle Lundy are appealing for more people to sign up to the bone marrow register after their 8 year old daughter Zara suffered a relapse during her treatment for Leukaemia. Zara, who attends Westwood Primary School, was diagnosed in January 2015 with T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and had
Students and staff at Cockburn paid their respect on Armistice Day with a dignified ceremony at the school war memorial. Cockburn students who are cadets from across the armed forces wore their military uniform to school. Led by Year 11 student Davina Nattrass, they marched along the school corridors leading
Two men are attempting to walk around (and around) Holbeck following a spiral route marked on a map. As they go they are collecting items and building a structure of mementos of their journey. Spiral is part of the Compass Arts Festival taking place in Leeds this week. Sticking exactly
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 7 November 2016: 6.0m single storey rear extension, 3.8m to ridge height, 2.6m to eaves 12 Firth Avenue
If you don’t fancy exercise bikes and weights rooms, have you thought about getting your exercise by gardening at a ‘Green Gym’? As well as (gentle) exercise, going to the Green Gym is a great way to learn new skills and meet new people. Working on an allotment plot you