What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Belle Isle and Middleton have both seen vast improvements in their environment according to local Councillors Kim Groves, Judith Blake and Paul Truswell. Councillor Groves recently went to meet the locality team responsible for the transformation to thank them personally for the difference they have made to the area, which
On the evenings of the 27 and 28 October 2016, you can join the terrified Skelton Grange staff and volunteers for an evening of nightmarish encounters…. find out whether you are a born survivor – or are destined to join the ranks of the undead! Caroline Crossley, Skelton Grange manager
Senior councillors in Leeds will discuss an update report on the work carried out in response to the flooding caused by Storm Eva, which hit Hunslet and Stourton on Boxing Day, at a meeting next week. The council’s executive board meeting at Civic Hall on Wednesday 19 October will consider
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 10 October 2016: New second floor with dormer windows to front and rear 182 Old Lane Beeston Leeds LS11
Leeds Community Homes (LCH) is inviting people across Leeds to get involved in its first Community Share Offer – a new initiative giving people the opportunity to invest in the creation of permanently-affordable homes for people in Leeds. Launched on Monday October 17 at Leeds Kirkgate Market, the community share
Police were called to an address in Tempest Road, Beeston, shortly before 5am this morning following a call from the amublance service who were attending to a 17-year-old woman with serious injuries. The victim was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later. An 18-year-old-man has been
I was so pleased when I heard that, hot on the heels of our article about 11 year old boxer Abby Briggs, she had won her first fight representing Yorkshire in Dublin. Delighted, but slightly troubled too. I’m ambivalent about boxing. Until about ten years ago I thought ambivalence meant
You don’t need to travel to Munich to enjoy an Oktober beer festival thanks to The Holbeck club who have teamed up with Whippet Brewery to lay on the inaugural Holbeck Beer Festival this weekend (14 & 15 October 2016). Organisers promise a range of 24 beers and 6 ciders
Basement Arts Project is probably the smallest arts space in Leeds and the only one we know of in someone’s house. It is literally in the basement (cellar) of Bruce and Debs Davies’ terraced house in Beeston. The latest exhibition opens on Friday (14 October 2016) with a special preview
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 with the Friends of Hunslet Moor who helped with a clear up of the knot garden last Saturday, there are some great photos on the Leeds Parks