What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Are you the parent of a year 6 pupil? Don’t forget that the deadline for you to apply for a secondary school place for September 2017 is midnight on Monday 31 October. Go to www.leeds.gov.uk/schooladmisisons and click on secondary admissions. Leeds City Council have also produced a video on secondary
On Saturday 24 September Arthur Wood, 67, an experienced runner and member of Pudsey Pacers running club, had a cardiac arrest and collapsed whilst taking part in the Bramley parkrun. Fortunately Bramley parkrun had just obtained a defibrillator which was used by a fellow runner to help resuscitate him. Following
New Beginnings Fund launched to help local groups support refugees in Leeds and across the UK A new funding programme, supported by Leeds Community Foundation, is now open for applications to support community projects which welcome refugees and asylum seekers into the UK. The New Beginnings Fund was launched in
Over 80 Cottingley Hall estate residents turned out in force on Saturday to celebrate Apple Day, the first community event in their orchards, which they planted in February 2016. The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Gerry Harper, officially opened the Apple Day celebrations and joined in the festivities. [slideshow_deploy id=’54868′]
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 17 October 2016: Change of use of warehouse to form warehouse and brewery Unit 7 Sydenham Road Holbeck Leeds
The winners of the fifth annual White Rose Shopping Centre Community Awards, celebrating local Leeds heroes, were announced in a ceremony this Thursday 20 October. Winners include: Hannah Begum, Children’s Mayor of Leeds, who has worked to promote community cohesion during her year in office Dale Dixon of A E
Here’s a bit of a round up of activities for children in South Leeds during the October 2016 half term holiday: The Hunslet Club The Hunslet Club will be running their usual Activity Camp with lots to do for boys and girls in Key Stage 1 and above. The camp
You can’t have missed the news – Leeds newest shopping arcade opened yesterday. Victoria Gate boasts a John Lewis store and god knows how many upmarket retail outlets (or shops as we used to call them). I was confused for a few minutes yesterday morning looking at my Twitter feed.
With bonfire night fast approaching and as fireworks went on general sale on 15 October, West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service are reminding traders of their legal responsibilities to ensure they are supplying safe fireworks and are adhering to the law by only selling them to persons of legal age. As
Volunteers from Stourton-based One Subsea made a real difference when they turned out to help clear part of the riverside path and cycleway recently. [slideshow_deploy id=’54762′] On Friday 7 October they cleared the dried silt, left by the Boxing Day floods, off the targeted areas of the cycleway and path