What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
CEG, the developers of various sites on Globe Road and Water Lane in Holbeck and owners of Temple Works, has submitted a planning application seeking to revitalise Drapers Yard on Marshall Street in Leeds for Labcorp, a global diagnostics and drug development company at the heart of life-science innovation in
Opening hours at all Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) are set to be extended from next week and the number of slots available to book throughout the day at each site also increased, Leeds City Council has confirmed. From Monday 29 March 2021, each of the city’s eight HWRCs, including
Staff from the Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust started vaccinating people on a special bus today (23 March 2021) in an attempt to protect people in low uptake areas across Leeds. The vaccination bus programme is a partnership between the NHS, Leeds City Council and local voluntary and
Work will complete this Spring on several cycling and walking schemes across Leeds which have been accelerated through the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme, to meet the challenge of providing more travel choices for people as coronavirus restrictions are lifted across the country. Working in partnership with Leeds City Council and Sustrans, the walking and cycling charity, more
Residents across Leeds are being urged to reflect on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic over the past year. Today (Tuesday 23 March 2021) is National Day of Reflection organised by charity Marie Curie – an opportunity to reflect on our collective loss, support those who’ve been bereaved and hope
The evenings are getting lighter, the days a little warmer, Spring has sprung and so too has the new term of Slung Low’s Cultural Community College. This term some courses will be hosted online and excitingly, some will be held at the Holbeck club. With a brilliant mix of courses
A new Communication and Engagement Group in Holbeck, Chaired by Councillor Andrew Scopes, held its first meeting last week. Councillor Scopes and his colleagues Gohar Almass and Angela Gabriel identified a need for a group to help plan Holbeck’s future and also ensure the local community are fully involved in
Leading care provider Helping Hands has opened a new branch in South Leeds, creating new jobs for the local area. Right now, there are an estimated 8,700 people living with Dementia in Leeds, and, with the pandemic highlighting the importance of quality care for people with the condition, Helping Hands
A major new initiative has been launched in Leeds to track down the contacts of people testing positive for Covid-19. Leeds Contact Tracing Service – consisting of Leeds City Council, Better Together Leeds and the NHS – aims to stem the spread of Covid-19 across the city by working closely
The Directors of Public Health in West Yorkshire are urging people not to be put off from having the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, which they say is not only safe but playing an important role in saving lives. Some European countries have paused the use of the vaccine as a precautionary