What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Charges for Leeds City Council car parks and on street parking will resume from Saturday 4th July 2020, with some important changes in place. City centre parking: Payment via the machines will resume at our standard prices. Payment via the ParkMobile app will resume at a temporarily discounted rate of
More children and young people are returning to school this week, but with smaller class sizes and new room layouts, the school day will be quite different from what pupils are used to. As they start to adapt to this new routine, the NHS in Leeds is encouraging parents and
Leeds College of Building has been chosen as one of the 88 new providers to deliver T Levels from September 2022. The College has been approved to offer a T Level in Design, Surveying and Planning; students will spend time at both its North Street and South Bank Campuses. Launching
Women are being urged not to miss out on cancer screening because of Covid-19 during Cervical Screening Awareness Week. Monday 15 – Sunday 21 June 2020 is dedicated to the prevention of cervical cancer and the importance of taking up screening invitations. Led by Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, the week
Fifth-generation bedmaker Harrison Spinks has developed a new collection of premium mattresses exclusively for independent retailers, available for next day delivery. The Velocity Collection is Harrison Spinks’ first ever next-day, off-the-shelf mattress, designed to support independents with a range of products that are easily accessible for consumers in the current
This year’s Men’s Health Week (15-21 June 2020) theme is “Take Action on Covid-19”. Men are being encouraged to take action to get the best out of lockdown and the new normal as well as being encouraged to beat underlying conditions. Leeds City Council, CEG and Yorkshire Evening Post have
Ahead of some shops and business reopening from Monday (15 June 2020), Leeds City Council has issued further information on measures in place to keep people safe in the city centre. Following on from initial details released at the end of last month about what to expect when lockdown measures
Local children at Ingram Road Primary School have helped design the artwork for new lamppost banners set to be unveiled in Holbeck later this month; after local Councillors and residents came up with the idea last year. The design which features the slogan ‘Where Families and Community Bloom’, suggested by
As Black Lives Matter protests continue, a long-standing former councillor has been appointed to lead a city-wide review into statues and monuments across Leeds. Alison Lowe, chief executive of Beeston-based mental health charity Touchstone, who was the first female BAME city councillor and represented Labour from 1990 to 2019, has
As the weather warms up and we make the most of time outdoors during lockdown, the NHS in Leeds is advising people with asthma – especially children – on how to manage their health this summer to avoid the ‘September spike’ in emergency asthma admissions. Asthma affects 1.1 million (one