What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds Federated Housing have been granted permission to build 27 new affordable homes on land next to Winrose Drive and Newhall Gate in Belle Isle. The planning application was considered by the South & West Plans Panel on Thursday (18 February 2016) because the housing association is not able to
Two communities in South Leeds will benefit from a share of a £1.5m government fund to create more urban ‘pocket parks’. The Sandon Mount Pocket Park will be a brand new park for the Woodhouse Hill community in Hunslet Carr. This community is made up of dense housing in close
Police are appealing for witnesses after an incident at a pub in Middleton on Friday night. On Friday 19 February, shortly before 7pm, police officers were carrying out enquiries at the Omnibus pub, in Middleton, Leeds. Whilst there, a police officer was deliberately driven at by a Vauxhall Astra, which
Thirty people called in to wish South Leeds Life well on Wednesday (17 February 2016) as we celebrated five years online, one year in print and the formation of South Leeds Life CIC (No 9998695). Ed Carlisle, one of the directors of the new company, explained that forming the CIC
I was on BBC Radio Leeds this afternoon (19 February 2016) chatting to Steve White about the news in our corner of West Yorkshire. We discussed the Valentine’s Day run for Skye, the Ice Pak planning application and Harry Potter Day at Park View Primary Academy. Thanks to Steve White
On Monday I went along to hear a remarkable woman called Iby Knill tell her story. She was truly inspiring, but I’ll come to that later. Iby is 93 and a holocaust survivor. I thought I knew the story of the holocaust, the Nazi’s ‘final solution’ of exterminating the Jews
The South & West Plans Committee approved a report from planning officers on the controversial Ice Pak development on Barkly Road in Beeston at the their meeting on Thursday 18 February. A summary of the report was published on South Leeds Life on 11 February. The final recommendation is
LEEDS boxer Ismail Khan has won a senior national title.The Beeston-based fighter won the vacant 52kg English title at the Magna centre in Rotherham on Saturday. Khan, who is a sports student at Bradford College and is part of their Boxing Academy, beat Ryan Gibbons of Hull to take the
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 at the Child Friendly Leeds Awards, where Beeston’s Hamara Centre’s Supplementary School won in the supporting schools category. “Since having a daughter it has hit home that
Wear the Shirt with Pride Evening – Thursday 18 February, Phoenix Bar Thursday 18th February will see the return of a number of Hunslet’s favourite sons to the Phoenix. Ex-players, including legends Graham King and Steve Pryce, will be on hand to present the “Class of 2016” with their shirts