What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Network Rail has announced that it is to carry out “vital vegetation management” work between May 2023 and March 2024 along the railway between Ardsley tunnel and Leeds on the Wakefield line and is holding two information events to explain the scope of the work. They say the number, size
Two regular monthly Repair Cafés are opening their doors this month (May 2023) in South Leeds. The idea behind Repair Cafés, which started in Holland in 2009, is simply to bring together people with things that need fixing with volunteers who have the skills to fix them. There are now
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 Monday 1 May 2023: Reserved Matters Application for Approval of Layout, Scale, Appearance and Landscaping for Plot MU3a two
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start this week at St Andrew’s Community Centre, Cardinal Road, Beeston, LS11 8AQ, where the Coronation celebrations kick off at 10am
Emma Pogson-Golden has won Middleton Park ward for the SDP, defeating Labour’s Lauren Summers by almost 400 votes in the Leeds City Council elections held yesterday (4 May 2023). Emma Pogson-Golden joins Wayne Dixon with the SDP now holding two out of the three seats in the ward. Labour won
As we reported last month, Beeston In Bloom have been fundraising to install a special bench to mark the Coronation of King Charles III. The bench has now been installed outside St Andrew’s Methodist Church on Old Lane, in time for the big event on Saturday (6 May 2023). Linda
King Charles III is being crowned in Westminster Abbey on Saturday (6 May 2023). To mark the occassion many community groups in South Leeds will be holding events over the weekend, which includes an extra bank holiday on Monday 8 May. On Friday 5 May, 12-3pm, Holbeck Together are organising
While we are enjoying the coronation bank holiday weekend in Leeds, nine youngsters from Middleton will be competing in the All Star World Dance Championships at Universal studios in Florida, USA. The nine are members of Dynamite TNT, one of the teams that hip hop dance organisation Dynamite runs from
A husband-and-wife team from Leeds are gearing up for the ultimate road trip next week to help raise vital funds for national healthcare charity Sue Ryder. Robert and Sara Aldridge from Beeston will be driving a Leeds United-themed banger car in a rally from Leeds to Benidorm in memory of
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 Monday 24 April 2023: Determination for installation of roof mounted solar PV equipment Cottingley Primary School Dulverton Grove Beeston