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 Middleton where it’s been a mixed week. The Friends of Middleton Park have posted about beautiful sunrises, graphitised information boards and a successful prosecution for illegal
Hunslet Carr Primary School cut the ribbon on their new allotment last Sunday (25 September 2016) and showed off the vegetables the children have been growing. [slideshow_deploy id=’53417′] Photos by Andrew Price and Jeremy Morton The impressive display included kale, courgettes, carrots,pumpkins and beetroot. Martin Lumb, Headteacher commented: “The allotment
Have you read the October edition of our South Leeds Life newspaper yet? We’ve been distributing copies to community venues throughout LS10 and LS11. Copies are available from libraries, schools, community centres, GP practices, shops and other community venues. You can find a full list of pick up points here:
Light Night Leeds returns to the city centre on Friday (7 October 2016) with both Leeds Dock and The Tetley art gallery in Hunslet taking part. Leeds Dock’s contribution to Light Night Leeds, ‘Light Water, Dark Sky’, is an immersive three-dimensional digital art installation standing at an impressive 7m x
Leeds South and East Foodbank has launched a new appeal, asking local people to take a different approach this Harvest by giving a ‘Combined Harvest’ donation of food and money, which will help the charity continue its vital work during the shift from Autumn to Winter, when the foodbank sees
Parents of children in Year Six at Primary School have until the end of October to apply for a place at secondary school in Leeds. Ahead of that deadline two local academies are holding open days. The South Leeds Academy‘s open day runs on Wednesday (5 October 2016) from 3:30-6pm.
The decision by the Cockburn Multi-Academy Trust to name the proposed new free school after Laurence Calvert was one that came easily. Former Cockburn School pupil Sgt Laurence Calvert was awarded the Victoria Cross in September 1918 after he rushed a German machine gun post. That action was re-enacted on
The Cockburn Multi-academy Trust has submitted an application to open a new free school to address the need for more secondary school places in the inner south of Leeds. Many primary schools in South Leeds have seen expansion in recent years to accommodate the bulge in school age children. Now
Leeds developer Citu have submitted plans for 204 homes on a site between Clarence Road and the River Aire, close to The Royal Armouries museum in Hunslet. The planning application will be considered by the City Plans Panel on Thursday (6 October 2016). The plans are part of Citu’s attempt
A pre-application report is to be presented to the City Plans Panel on Thursday (6 October 2016) by Vastint, the property wing of IKEA, who own the former Tetley Brewery site in Hunslet. The site, along with the Kay’s site in Holbeck is one of the most important in the