What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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 &
Councillors on the City Plans Panel will consider two applications from South Leeds when they meet next Thursday (11 August 2022). An application for 370 flats on land off Water Lane in Holbeck will return to Panel having been deferred last month due to viability issues. A new application from
Ellis Robinson from Belle Isle has completed his Scafell Pike charity fundraising challenge, climbing England’s tallest mountain five time in 24 hours. Ellis undertook the challenge to raise funds for Candlelighters, the children’s cancer charity, and raised over £3,411, by climbing over 14,000 feet of ascent – the equivalent of
Doris Ofori from Beeston has won another award at the recent Leeds City College Star Awards. The Star Awards ceremony, which took place on Thursday 14 July 2022, recognised and rewarded inspiring and talented young people at the college who have excelled in their courses and extracurricular activities over the