What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
People wanting to make Leeds the best city in the UK to live in are encouraged to join the Kindness Revolution at its launch event on Saturday 21 September in Holbeck. As well as music from Tenzin and Captain of the Lost Waves, the launch evening will include a poem
A care home in Leeds has introduced a new form of therapy for residents living with dementia. Nesfield Lodge in Belle Isle was lucky enough to receive a number of toy dolls kindly donated by St George’s Crypt in Leeds city centre. The donation allowed residents to engage in doll
The M621 motorway which sweeps through South Leeds will see further night time disruption in the coming months as preparatory work is carried out ahead of a raft of improvement works. Highways England say that the major investment will support economic growth and improve journey times for drivers and the
As part of The Conservation Volunteers’ special 60th anniversary Big Green Weekend event, TCV in Leeds will be hosting an events to celebrate at Skelton Grange on Saturday (21 September 201 from 11am–4pm. This event is part of 60 local events across the UK, plus 5 flagship events, kindly supported
Leeds Vacuum Formers (LVF) has invested £600,000 in a Kiefel KMD 78 Speedformer – a move that will lead to the creation of three new jobs, increase manufacturing capacity by 25 per cent, and open up opportunities in new markets for the Hunslet-based thermoformed packaging company. The new markets, which
From October 2019 Connecting Leeds will improve the way buses operate along this busy route into the city centre. The changes are set to give buses priority along key routes which will make journeys quicker, easier and more appealing, helping to tackle congestion, air quality and health issues. The scheme,
With another schools strike on Friday and Car Free Day on Sunday, Leeds City Council is urging residents to share their views on how the city should respond to the climate emergency before the Big Leeds Climate Conversation ends on 31 October 2019. By taking part in the conversation, which
Thursday (12 September 2019) saw Leeds Civic Trust unveiling a blue plaque to celebrate the Holbeck Working Men’s Club. The unveiling featured a specially commissioned poem by Ian McMillan (see below), as well as a performance by the Commoners Choir. Formed in 1871 the Holbeck Working Men’s Club is the
Tempest Road in Beeston, together with roads in Otley and Headingley is to be closed to traffic on Sunday 22 September as part of celebrations for World Car Free Day. Leeds will join cities from across the world including London and Paris taking part in this year’s World Car Free
Our “Works Outing” event will be held on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 September 2019, based (as far as is practical, given the limits on the availability of crews) on the slogan “if it works it gets an outing”. It will feature a variety of operating patterns, including mixed traffic