What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council has confirmed its plan for a council tax rise of 3.99 per cent in response to rising demand on social care services and a cut in annual core government funding of £266m since 2010. In a report to be considered by the council’s executive board at Civic
UPDATED (5 January): Police report that Ella Parnell has been found safe and well. Police are appealing for information to help trace a 14-year-old girl who has gone missing from home in Leeds. Ella Parnell was reported missing on Sunday night (3 February 2019) after last being seen at
Young people aged between 8 and 18 in Beeston and Holbeck will be able to continue to take advantage of a project delivered by the Leeds United Foundation and funded by local Councillors Andrew Scopes, Angela Gabriel and Gohar Almass. The Premier League Kicks project targets young people who traditionally
Coroner’s officers are appealing for information to help trace the relatives of Alan Pickersgill. Mr Pickersgill aged 82 from the Middleton Park area of Leeds, died on Wednesday 23 January 2019 his cause of death is yet to be determined but his death is not being treated as suspicious. Officers would like
The UK’s largest Valentines Event is back in Leeds for the Half Term holidays as the famous Valentine’s Fun Fair opening Thursday 14 February until Sunday 24 February on the Elland Road Car Parks alongside Leeds United Football Club. Amongst the array of Roller Coasters, thrill rides, family rides, Dodgems,
UPDATED: This event has now been postponed until March This Veganuary, animal welfare charity Viva! will be hitting the streets of South Leeds to give away free vegan cappuccinos. Viva! – Europe’s largest vegan campaigning charity – are visiting three major cities to give away free vegan cappuccinos. The
Local councillors Andrew Scopes, Angela Gabriel and Gohar Almass are pleased to see the difference new policing arrangements are having on the Managed Approach to street sex work in Holbeck since they pushed the Council for their introduction at the end of last year. Residents and businesses had expressed their
The second Inner South Youth Summit took place on Monday (21 January 2019), at the Centenary Pavillion, Leeds United. This event was funded by the Inner South Community Committee to engage with young people, find out what activities they would like to see in their areas over the next financial
Leeds Older People’s Forum (LOPF) is looking for volunteers to help them evaluate their National Lottery funded Time to Shine (TTS) programme, and its effects on reducing loneliness and social isolation in older people. Over 55s are being offered the chance to train as peer evaluators, and visit groups all
Two hundred love messages from Leeds locals will create an ‘Avenue of Love’ at White Rose Shopping Centre this Valentine’s season, and one could be yours, but hurry. White Rose Shopping Centre is asking for heartfelt messages of all types to be submitted online for the chance to see it