What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Yorkshire mental health charity Touchstone ranks 9th in The Sunday Times Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For 2020 The Beeston-based charity also received the Discovering Potential award for the fourth year running in recognition of their work to employ people with lived experience. As well as this, Touchstone won the
Saturday 7 March 9am will see the long awaited opening of the bigger and better B&M Hunslet store, on City South Retail Park. The new colleagues were asked to nominate a local charity they think truly deserves some VIP treatment for the work they do for the local community. They
This week, Leeds College of Building is getting behind two impactful campaigns celebrated across the UK and beyond: National Careers Week (2-7 March 2020) and International Women’s Day (8 March). National Careers Week is a celebration of careers guidance across the UK. It focusses on careers guidance at an important
Leeds Credit Union is celebrating after picking up the gong for ‘Lender of the Year’ at the Yorkshire Finance Awards. The coveted award recognises lenders who have contributed to local financial security & business and community growth with innovative loan designs, whilst using technology to deliver a better service to
Hamara Healthy Living Centre has won a grant of £300,000 from independent trust Power to Change. The grant, part of the trust’s Community Business Fund, will allow Hamara to move the development of the Old Cockburn Sports Hall forward towards planning and detailed designs. Hamara’s vision is to renovate the
Approval has been given for the first step in bringing about transformational improvements to the area around the Corn Exchange and across Leeds Bridge to Meadow Lane. Leeds City Council’s executive board have formally agreed the £21.5million construction plans required to transform the Corn Exchange and surrounding areas. A further
Anyone in Middleton and Belle Isle who is unfortunate enough to suffer a heart attack now has a better chance of survival after three Community Public Access Defibrillators have been installed in locations across the local area. Councillor Judith Blake who represents the area and is also Leader of Leeds
Updated 18 February 11am: Bryn Perry has been found safe and well Police are concerned for the welfare of a 15-year-old boy who has been reported missing from home in Knottingley. Bryn Perry was last seen in the Belle Isle area of Leeds at 5pm on Friday, 14 February,
On Saturday (22 February 2020) the one-day IMAX Film Festival returns to Cineworld Leeds at the White Rose Shopping Centre, offering cinema-goers a second chance to see four of 2019’s biggest blockbusters in IMAX®, including The Lion King, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Avengers: Endgame and Joker. Tickets cost just £3
Detectives investigating an attempted serious sexual assault in the Middleton area of Leeds have arrested a man. The 39-year-old man was arrested yesterday (Sunday 16 February 2020) and is currently in custody. Officers from the Leeds District Safeguarding Unit are continuing to appeal for any witnesses who were in the