What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A special loan for business startups is helping two Yorkshire social entrepreneurs share the joy of sport with people who would usually miss out because of disability. Sports development expert Richard Szostak, and champion wheelchair racer Louis Speight, have delivered hundreds of specialist coaching sessions across West Yorkshire, including regular
Residents and people with connections to Holbeck are being invited to come forward and share stories, memories and folklore about the area. CEG, which is behind the £350m Temple developments at Globe Road, has teamed up with theatre company Slung Low to launch the Once Upon A Time in Holbeck
Parks in Leeds will prove all the world’s a stage when they host unique pop-up performances of Shakespeare’s classics thanks to a new project supported by Leeds Inspired. Leeds theatre company Front Room Productions will give some of The Bard’s most beloved scenes a contemporary twist during the free, open
Festive bin collection dates in Leeds are set to change over the Christmas and New Year period. Bin collections will continue as usual up until and including Saturday 21 December 2019. For the two weeks after that, Sunday 22 December 2019 and Sunday 5 January 2020, bins will be emptied
Five people involved in a violent robbery at a Leeds garage in which parts for a rare Porsche sports car were stolen have been jailed for a total of 55 years. Detectives from Leeds District CID embarked on a prolonged and complex investigation to track down those involved, including locating
As winter bugs and flu hit the city, health leaders are urging people to protect themselves by going back to basics. Apart from having a flu jab, good hand hygiene is the main way to prevent flu and other viruses such as the winter vomiting bug from spreading. Washing your
Kirkstall Forge, Leeds College of Building, O’Connor Utilities (OCU) and CityFibre have joined forces to support young apprentices through a 12-week fibre installation training scheme that will help build the city’s full fibre network. CityFibre, the UK’s leading alternative provider of wholesale full fibre infrastructure, and construction firm OCU have
Police are appealing for witnesses after a collision on Elland Road in Beeston. The incident happened at 6:40am on Thursday (27 November) when a Hyundai IX35 was in collision with an unknown dark coloured hatchback. The unknown vehicle deliberately reversed into the Hyundai causing extensive damage before leaving the scene
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Police are appealing for information to help trace a man who has gone missing in Leeds with immediate concerns for his welfare. Lee Barber, aged 36, from Middleton, is believed to have left Leeds General Infirmary at about 8.30am this morning where he had been receiving treatment for a head