What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds based charity Zarach has received a donation of 40 single mattresses from local bedmaker Harrison Spinks, as the two companies join together to support families in crisis this winter. Delivering beds and basics to children and families living in poverty crisis, Zarach aims to give every head a bed
Next week, Forward Leeds will be encouraging the people who attend their alcohol and drug service to test the health of their liver using new high-tech machines. As part of the #HealthyLiversLeeds campaign the service is having a special push on testing in the week beginning Monday 21 February 2022
People are being invited to have their say on plans to extend the Dewsbury Road cycle route delivered in partnership by Leeds City Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. Under the plans, an additional 1km of two-way cycle track will be added to the city centre end of Dewsbury
Councillors for Beeston and Holbeck have welcomed the addition of a new mobile hub for the area on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The mobile community hub will be able to deal with the same enquiries as a regular council hub building and will be parked in front of St Matthew’s Community
New grants worth £262,500 have been announced to support the expansion of the successful Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) programme across Leeds, with five new ‘pathfinder’ sites receiving grants. Slung Low, who work in Holbeck, are amongst five successful third sector organisations across the city awarded the ABCD community grants.
A problem property linked to drug dealing that blighted the lives of residents in a Leeds street has been shut down following joint work by the police and council. Officers from the Leeds South Neighbourhood Policing Team worked with Leeds Anti-Social Behaviour Team and Housing to provide a catalogue of
Civic buildings in Leeds will be illuminated this week to mark the city reaching the tragic milestone of 2,000 Covid-related deaths since the start of the pandemic. Landmarks including Leeds Town Hall, Leeds Civic Hall and Leeds City Museum will be lit up from this evening (7 February 2022) until
Piloting a drone over a building site: just one of the latest virtual reality construction training activities that visitors can sample at the Leeds College of Building stand at this year’s Leeds Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair (LARF). The fair, at the first direct arena on Monday 7 February 2022, marks the
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Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious road traffic collision involving a cyclist in Leeds yesterday. At about 4.10pm on Thursday (3 February 2022) a collision occurred on the B6481 Pontefract Road, at the junction with the A639 Wakefield Road, Stourton, involving a white MAN HGV tractor unit and