What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hunslet Community Hub and Library is to become the new home of two Rolls of Honour from former clubs in Stourton, following a request made by Hunslet Carr Residents Association (HCRA). Margaret Harper (formally Harvey) from HCRA and a former Stourton resident said: “It is only right we remember the
As Armistice Day draws closer Leeds City Council Armed Forces Champions have welcomed a new display that has been created on the verge of Elland Road/Gelderd Road in the city. Armed Forces Champions, Councillors Gohar Almass (Labour, Beeston & Holbeck), Caroline Gruen (Labour, Bramley & Stanningley) and Jane Dowson (Labour,
All pupils in Year 8 at Cockburn School in Beeston received CPR training as part of Restart a Heart Day. Yorkshire Ambulance Service marked Restart a Heart Day with events designed to improve cardiac arrest survival rates – including providing CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) training sessions to secondary schools. 33,000 students
The Crooked Clock pub in Hunslet, newly-refurbished, and now run by local residents including Sid Mahiuddin, and a team of people with learning disabilities, are hosting a community bonfire on Saturday (5 November 2022). Following the announcement that Leeds City Council weren’t able to hold their bonfires this autumn, the
Residents around Leeds Dock and the nearby area were saddened when First Bus abruptly axed their number 29 bus last month. Now the service is being restarted, after a concerted effort by Councillor Ed Carlisle (Green, Hunslet & Riverside) and new independent operator Yorkshire Buses. The popular service – up
The Deputy Mayor of West Yorkshire for Crime and Policing Alison Lowe OBE and Chief Superintendent Dodds, the Leeds District Commander, will be holding a public meeting at Hamara Healthy Living Centre on Thursday (3 November 2022) at 6pm to discuss policing issues with local people from LS11. The meeting
Detectives in Leeds are appealing for witnesses after a man was seriously injured in an affray incident. Leeds District CID would like to speak to anyone who has information or saw a disturbance involving a group of men on Sunbeam Avenue, Beeston at about 2:24am this morning (28 October 2022).
Connecting Leeds work to transform transport and travel around Leeds following completion of the unprecedented £270 million Leeds Transport Investment Programme. After the start of the programme in 2018, the vision for Connecting Leeds was to deliver a transformational change in the transport network and connectivity across Leeds and the
Immersive entertainment specialist The Escapologist has launched a brand-new escape room at White Rose Shopping Centre just in time for Halloween: The Butchering. The Butchering sees visitors trapped in a strange place, unimagined in even the worst nightmares, where things become very gory, very quickly. The room has an age
Efforts to tackle motorbike-related crime and anti-social behaviour in Leeds have stepped up gear with extra funding and targeted operations by police and partner agencies. Stolen motorbikes, quad bikes, and electric motorbikes have regularly featured in incidents of crime and anti-social behaviour across Leeds and have been involved in several