What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Cottingley residents vented their frustrations about the long running poor refuse collection service on the estate at a recent meeting of the Inner South Community Committee. Using the Open Forum section of the meeting, Christine Smart asked the Councillors: “This week the binmen told our residents that they were not
Hon Ald Angela Gabriel, the former Councillor for Beeston & Holbeck has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Year’s Honors list for services to the community in Leeds. Angela represented Beeston & Holbeck from 1997-2022 when she was surprisingly deselected by the local Labour Party. Since
We have been distributing copies of our December newspaper to 200 pick up points around LS10 and LS11 today (30 December 2022) and will finish the job tomorrow and Tuesday. Copies are available from various food shops including Beeston Nisa Extra, and Dewsbury Road Tescos as well as many small
Investigative work carried out by Sustrans and other stakeholders has now resulted in a consensus on a preferred option to create a safe and usable level crossing over the river for cyclists near Skelton Grange Road in Stourton. The current bridge has a narrow, steep set of steps that pedestrians
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 19 December 2022: Variation of Condition 3 (cycle parking), 4 (EVCP) and 5 (replanting scheme) to previously approved
Middleton-based charity Health For All features in The Guardian’s latest film promoting its Christmas Appeal which is raising funds for support community anchor projects across Britain. The short film, part of a series called ‘Anywhere but Westminster’ sees columnist John Harris visiting “the people holding Britain together” through the cost-of-living
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 12 December 2022: Construction of 151 no. additional car parking spaces and associated works – NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. Please note that our online What’s On calendar here is currently out of action We start this week in Cross Flatts Park with the walkers, joggers and runners at the free, weekly, 5km
The Ropyal Armouries Museum, at Leeds Dock in Hunslet, has submitted new premises licence applications for the museum and New Dock Hall and these will go before the Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee on Tuesday (20 December 2022). The new applications became necessary after Royal Armouries International plc, the company that held
The ‘town square’ outside the Hunslet Community Hub & Library will be filled with up to twenty festive stalls on Saturday (17 December 2022) as Hunslet Tenants & Residents Association (TARA) stage its first ever Christmas Market. All the stalls are being run by local people, selling handcrafted goods and