What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Census 2021 will be key to making sure the big decisions on the future of our hospitals, schools, transport and other public services, following the pandemic and EU exit, are based on the best information possible. Run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the census – taking place on
Olympic star, Alistair Brownlee MBE, has leant his support to the campaign (previously reported here) to make major Leeds and regional cycling and walking route accessible to all. Leeds Cycling Campaign has released a new film highlighting the need for urgent action to provide safe access for cyclists, runners and
Goodbye sprouts, hello pancakes! Children’s charity determined to bring joy by taking on Guiness World record on Pancake Day! A Leeds charity, Kidz Klub Leeds, are raising money for children in the pandemic by aiming to beat a virtual record. They are aiming to beat a Guinness World Record on
Compass Festival returns to South Leeds next month with one of the key artworks located at Crown Point Bridge in Hunslet. This is the arts festival’s fifth edition. In past years Compass Festival has come to South Leeds with Gregg Whelan and Gary Winters’s spiralling walk around Holbeck and the
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has today (10 February 2021) led tributes to Christians Against Poverty (CAP) founder, John Kirkby who it was today announced will be stepping back from his role, 25 years after he founded the organisation. Archbishop Welby, who is the patron of Christians Against Poverty,
Residents in Hunslet will see a large Leeds City Council owned planter, which has become unloved and derelict, turning into a pilot area for an urban “forest garden” – helping improve the feel and look of the area, provide local people with access to locally grown food, and help tackle
Leeds College of Building and construction partner, BAM, are celebrating student diversity figures as they join the rest of the country in marking National Apprenticeship Week (#NAW2021), taking place between 8 and 14 February 2021. Since choosing Leeds College of Building as a training provider four years ago, BAM has
Police are appealing for witnesses after an assault on Lenton Drive, off Parkside Lane in Beeston. At around 8:25am on Wednesday 3 February 2021 a man and woman were walking down a ginnel together on Lenton Drive, the woman was then found at 9am outside the pub on Admiral Street
Residents are being urged to take up postal voting to avoid pandemic related complications at polling stations. On Thursday 6 May 2021 elections are scheduled to elect councillors to Leeds City Council and a mayor for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. A devolution deal for West Yorkshire was signed into
Despite the difficult financial position Leeds City Council is in due to the combined ongoing costs of responding to the pandemic and reduced central government grants, Hunslet and Riverside Councillors have welcomed the news that the majority of the funding promised for improvements to the paved area in-between Hunslet Community