What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Yorkshire’s Brain Tumour Charity ambassadors Ellie Sayers and Lucinda Thompson are encouraging families to join them at the charity’s family fun day, GardenFest, on Saturday 10 July 2021 at Leeds Corinthians RUFC. Lucinda, who you may recognise from Channel 4’s First Dates, became a Yorkshire’s Brain Tumour Charity (YBTC) Ambassador
Senior councillors have given the green light to plans designed to kickstart construction work on a new railway station in South Leeds this autumn. The White Rose Railway Station has already received planning permission and is regarded as a shovel-ready infrastructure project that will play a crucial part in connecting
Anyone aged 18 or over in Leeds will have the opportunity to get their Covid-19 vaccination this weekend by simply walking into one of a number of vaccination clinics. Dubbed ‘Grab a Jab’ this country-wide vaccination push aims to make it as easy as possible for anyone to receive either
Beeston-based manufacturer, Harrison Spinks, has donated over 30 beds to Don Robin’s House, a new development currently being built in Leeds by a local homelessness charity. The bed and mattress manufacturer has donated 32 mattresses and divan bases to the pioneering new development in New Wortley, delivered by local charity St George’s Crypt
As the NHS continues to run the largest vaccination programme in its history, the local NHS and Leeds City Council have introduced a second women’s-only drop-in vaccine clinic in south Leeds, in partnership with Women’s Lives Leeds. The women’s-only drop-in clinic will take place on Wednesday 30 June 2021, 10am-4pm
Coroner’s Officers are appealing for help in tracing the relatives of Paul Temple. Mr Temple, aged 75, from the Middleton area of Leeds, passed away of natural causes on 7 June 2021. Any relatives or anyone who has any information on Mr Temple’s next of kin are asked to contact
The spectacular Leeds Waterfront Festival is set to make a triumphant return this weekend (26-27 June 2021) with its biggest ever series of events and activities. After last year’s event had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions, organisers have been working hard to bring together a summer-long celebration this
Leeds Cycling Campaign has revealed its much-anticipated cycling awards for 2021 and South Leeds Life contributor and board member Ed Carlisle is amongst the winners. The awards highlight and celebrate actions that are making a significant contribution to promoting cycling in Leeds. They help to foster an environment in which
Leeds College of Building is celebrating after gaining accreditation to launch a new BSc Hons Civil Engineering – Site Management degree apprenticeship. Having recently franchised the course delivered at Leeds Beckett University, the College can now deliver its first-ever degree apprenticeship. The distinct civil engineering pathway combines academic study at
Leeds Hospitals Charity are encouraging supporters to put their best foot forward this summer as part of their latest fundraising challenge, ‘Step For Your NHS’. On average, a nurse walks 10,000 steps per 12-hour shift, so the charity is encouraging the people of Leeds to make their steps matter as