What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A page from the Yorkshire Evening News (which merged with the Yorkshire Evening Post in 1963) dated Tuesday 28 January 1919, and a bowler hat have been uncovered at a former mill site in South Leeds. Workmen discovered the rare artefacts at the disused Hunslet and Victoria flax spinning mills
Family favourite theatre company Wrongsemble return this Christmas with HUMBUG: a Covid-safe family show that promises to delight and unite all ages. This innovative digital production will allow families to enjoy seven filmed episodes of this exciting story throughout December, accompanied by an interactive HUMBUG ‘Fact File’ filled with 13
Leeds City Council has secured £2.9 million of funding to provide targeted energy efficiency improvements such as cavity wall insulation, air source heat pumps, and external wall insulation in areas with high levels of fuel poverty and inefficient homes. The work, which is funded by a Department for Business, Energy
Specialist firearms detectives are appealing for information after a gun was fired at a house in Leeds. At 4.43pm yesterday (Thursday 5 November 2020) police received a report of damage having been caused to the front of the property in Longroyd Crescent, Beeston, at about 11pm on Tuesday (3 November).
A Beeston-based charity which works to prevent homelessness amongst the most vulnerable in society is celebrating National Trustees Week by welcoming back Mike White. Mike first joined Turning Lives Around’s Board of Trustees in 2014 but other commitments meant he stepped down after three years. He kept in contact with
The Government has announced a new national lockdown with rules coming into force from Thursday 5 November 2020. For four weeks until Wednesday 2 December the Government is asking people to stay at home, except for specific purposes; not to gather with others they don’t live with, except for specific
Developer JM Construction (Leeds) Ltd has started work on the next phase of its £50M Victoria Riverside residential development in Hunslet. The latest stage of construction will create 95 apartments over two mills, comprising both new build (mill e) and the sympathetic conversion of part of the former grade II
Police are appealing for information to help trace a man who gone missing in Leeds. Tendai Mupawaenda, aged 22, from Belle Isle, was last seen on October 23 and there are concerns for his welfare. Anyone who has seen him or who has any information that could assist in tracing
A new team of mental health professionals is reaching out to help people living on the streets and others who are facing homelessness in Leeds. The Specialist Therapeutic Outreach Team is part of Forward Leeds, the city’s alcohol and drug service. Operational Manager at Forward Leeds, Anne Hobbs, said: “Our
A £59.3m package of support for local communities and businesses in Leeds and the rest of West Yorkshire has been agreed as the area enters the government’s Tier 3 restrictions category at one minute after midnight on Monday 2 November. New rules and guidance to help control the spread of