What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds Credit Union has announced the appointment of Paul Kaye as its new CEO. Paul will take charge of one of the UK’s largest credit unions who provide ethical and inclusive financial services. Paul has a wealth of experience in the financial services industry having worked at a senior strategic
The cold weather at the end of last year and at the start of this year caused significant disruption across Leeds. Highways Leeds gritting teams worked around the clock to keep primary and secondary road routes across the city open. However, Hunslet and Riverside Councillors say it soon became very
Cazoo, the UK’s leading online car retailer opened its latest Customer Centre on Domestic Road in Holbeck on 4 March 2021. This marks the 17th location opened by Cazoo in the past 6 months. Cazoo acquired the site late last year and has since invested over £1m and created 15
Today (8 March 2021), Leeds College of Building is joining others globally in supporting the International Women’s Day campaign ‘Choose To Challenge.’ The College has made great strides in pushing gender parity in construction. Female apprentices at Leeds College of Building have also grown from 33 in 2014 to 190
Police are appealing for witnesses following a firearms discharge in the Beeston area of Leeds. Leeds District CID would like to speak to anyone who has information about the incident which took place on Parkfield Mount in Leeds on Friday night (5 March 2021). There were no injuries or damage
Following complaints from residents about it being dangerous to cross Moor Road in Hunslet, in particular near to the busy junction with Balm Road / Belle Isle Road, Hunslet and Riverside Councillors put forward a request to Highways Leeds to build a safer crossing point, as previously reported by South
This weekend will see roadworks around the junction of the A639 Thwaite Gate, Wakefield Road and Pontefract Road to install new road surfacing, white lines and traffic signals. To allow these works to take place road closures are required. To minimise disruption the works will take place over one weekend
The Middleton Railway has announced that, subject to government guidelines, it will reopen to the public on Sunday 23 May 2021. The Middleton Railway shop and cafe will re-open for indoor trading at the same time. Steam trains will operate every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday every hour between 10:30am and
Following an increase in complaints about litter in Hunslet and Riverside Ward – which is believed to be partly driven by more people taking up walking to work and for local exercise during the pandemic – it has become apparent some segments of the local litter bin network are being
Leeds City Council has announced details of a multi-million pound package of measures designed to provide much-needed support to hard-pressed taxi and private hire drivers and operators. The council is making £2.5m available to fund free three-year taxi and private hire licence renewals for drivers, delivering a timely boost to