What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Staff in protection suits patrolled the playground after a mysterious object was discovered at New Bewerley Community School in Beeston this morning, Monday 23 November 2015. Children were keen to investigate but were kept back whilst the object was investigated. Headteacher Gary German told children in assembly that he wasn’t
NHS Announces ‘Social Prescribing’ Service to Improve Local Health An innovative approach to supporting health and wellbeing is being launched by the NHS to benefit people living in South and East Leeds. Connect for Health, funded by NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group, will be delivered by a
Lane End Primary School celebrated its first Children in Need day with a bun sale as well as a non-uniform day and face-painting extravaganza on Friday 13 November 2015. The school opened in September 2015 on the site of South Leeds Sports Centre in Beeston. The children baked buns all
Data inputter celebrates prestigious Prince’s Trust accolade for overcoming adversity Khaleel Ahmed, a data inputter employed by Hunslet based The Right Fuelcard Company, is fired up with success after clinching a Rising Star Award at The Prince’s Trust and Samsung Celebrate Success Awards. The accolade acknowledges the achievements of young
The South Leeds Academy this week launched a new video about its approach to Creativity. https://youtu.be/0snzAXnPP6s The video is part of the school’s efforts to demonstrate how much has changed at the academy and the first of series where staff and students talk about and demonstrate the key values that
He sits inside your head and watches He sees all you see, knows all you know, hears all you hear and sometimes, if you are very unlucky, he tells you what he thinks of it all. Gary Kitching is an improviser, actor and comedian and Me and Mr C is
The decision on the controversial plans for the former Ice Pak factory on Barkly Road in Beeston will now be decided by a Planning Inspector after Aspiring Communities lodged an appeal for ‘non-determination’. The application was due to be heard at the South & West Plans Panel meeting on Thursday
Police are appealing for information after a woman in Middleton was robbed in her home by a group of armed men. At about 8pm last night (16 November 2015) the 32-year-old victim was at home with her three young children in Thorpe Crescent, Middleton, when she answered the door and
This week is Alcohol Awareness Week and staff from Forward Leeds will be at Asda in Middleton on Friday (20 November 2015) from 10:30am-4pm promoting the Like My Limit campaign with advice, information and freebies. Forward Leeds currently has over 1,500 clients in treatment for alcohol; 30% of the service’s total
People in South Leeds have been marking the tragic events in Paris on Friday night with small shows of solidarity. As well as the minute’s silence which was widely observed at 11am, St Mary’s Church in Beeston was opened all day today (16 November 2015) for prayer and quiet reflection.