What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Sustainable property company CITU has delivered its first affordable homes within the Aire Lofts apartment scheme, at the heart of the pioneering, multi award-winning Climate Innovation District in the Riverside area of Hunslet. Working in partnership with social housing provider Leeds Community Homes (LCH), eight one and two-bedroom apartments are
Cllr Mohammed Iqbal and Cllr Paul Wray (Labour, Hunslet & Riverside) have announced they have now asked officers at Leeds City Council to begin the process of applyig for Cumulative Impact Zone (CIZ) for the retail area between Dewsbury Road Community Hub and Library and Cross Flatts Park due to
Leeds College of Building and leading technology firm Collsys have joined forces to pioneer a new software package for the further education sector. The Collsys ‘Academic Suite’ is designed to track knowledge, skills, and behaviours across all academic disciplines. It combines with their ‘Employability Suite’ to provide a comprehensive single
On Saturday (24 February 2024) rowing clubs from across Yorkshire will be competing on the Aire & Calder Navigation in Stourton in the Junior Inter-Regional Regatta Trials (JIRR Trials) hosted by Leeds Rowing Club. The main regatta will occur in April 2024 where 13 regions from across the UK come
There’s a stunning new public artwork at the Tower Works development in Holbeck. Artist Zoe Power has created a 300 square meter mural, A Common Thread, which incorporates cogs from factory machines and patterns from woollen weaves, nodding to Leeds’ industrial past and referencing the site’s previous use as a
Coram Beanstalk, a children’s reading charity supporting local children to find a love of reading, is looking for volunteers to support children in South Leeds. As a Coram Beanstalk volunteer you will receive full training to deliver fun, interactive, reading experiences each week in school. You will provide one to
The first of the Friends of Middleton Park’s 2024 Guided Walks is this Sunday (18 February 2024) at 1pm. The group will be holding a guided walk in the Park every month up to November. All walks start at the Visitor Centre, by the lake in Middleton Park. The Winter
Teaching staff at Leeds College of Building are elated after receiving eleven articulated trailers of equipment donated by Legal & General. The materials and tools will be used to train the next generation of construction professionals enrolled across the College’s North Street and South Bank Campuses. The donation includes 60
Police are appealing for witnesses as investigations continue into a collision between a car and motorbike in Leeds. Officers from the Roads Policing Unit would like to speak to anyone who saw or has footage of a collision on the Ring Road Beeston Park junction with Bodmin Road, Middleton on
A colourful kaleidoscope of some of the world’s rarest and most beautiful butterflies has been carefully conserved by experts in Leeds. The stunning array of winged insects housed at Leeds Discovery Centre in Hunslet includes hundreds of species from across the globe, many collected by explorers and scientists more than