What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
We live in a throwaway society, but one group are fighting against the tide and helping people get broken things fixed. Leeds Repair Café has been running since 2016. The idea is very simple: people with broken stuff come along and meet people who can fix things. On Saturday (20
Waites and Housing Leeds are holding a Project Open Day on Saturday (20 August 2022) at the Throstle Rec site in Middleton where new Council houses are being built. The scheme will see 100 new general needs houses built, together with 16 wheelchair accessible bungalows and a 60 bed extra
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 8 August 2022: Determination of telecommunications for 20m swann lattice tower with delta headframe housing 6no. vf antennas
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 in Middleton with the launch of new Makers’ Market at Middleton Circus, on Saturday, 10am-2pm. It promises a
As we reported in September last year, Aspiring Communities have scaled back their plans to redevelop the Ice Pak site in Beeston into a community centre. A fresh planning application was approved in February and the various conditions have now been met. Ahead of construction starting on site, the group
Alan Lane’s ‘Pandemic Memoir’ about Slung Low and The Holbeck – The Club At The Edge Of Town – is now available as an audio book. The book was published in April and had rave reviews and endorsements from the likes of Lemn Sissay and Hilary Benn MP, who said:
Gideon from Middleton Primary School in Beeston is amongst 12 candidates for the position of Leeds Children’s Mayor. Earlier this year children in Year 5 were encouraged to write a manifesto setting out a project that they would implement if elected by the young people of the city. Gideon wants
Sadly, one of the post box toppers made for Beeston In Bloom has disappeared from the box outside Old Lane Post Office, but investigators have identified that it was removed by a group of children. The topper, representing Autumn, is one of four made by the knitting and crochet group
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 August 2022: Temporary installation of fibreglass globe sculpture for national education social justice project, The World Reimagined
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 in Holbeck Cemetery (Beeston Road) where you can learn traditional scything on Saturday from 10am. The Beeston &