What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The touring Knife Angel sculpture is coming to Leeds in February, to send a powerful message and spark conversations about knife crime in the city. It will be placed outside the Royal Armouries Museum as part of an intensification month on knife crime which launches on Thursday (1 February 2024).
Feed Leeds, the sustainable food growing network is encouraging people in South Leeds to nominate people and projects for their Food Growing Awards 2024. Winners of the inaugural Feed Leeds Local Food Growing Awards will be announced at the Feed Leeds AGM Celebration in February. We want to celebrate food
A set of shop scales, once used to measure out different varieties of sweets at Dawes and Sons on Hunslet Road, Leeds in around 1900 is amongst a collection of classic confectionery on display in a new exhibition in Leeds. Vintage Yorkshire sweet jars, chocolates and toffee tins are among
As measles cases continue to rise across the country, the NHS is urging parents and carers in South Leeds to make sure their children are vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR). The recent rise in cases, including in Yorkshire, has prompted theUK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to declare a national
For Ollie Harper Nash from Leeds, living with an undiagnosed learning difficulty made for a challenging journey through secondary school, with him teetering on the edge of expulsion. But after years of childhood unheaval, 18-year-old Ollie has finally found a new lease of life … in his role as an
Following the article about Beeston Hill Community Association’s meeting on 29 January 2024, Councillors Paul Wray and Mohammed Iqbal (Labour, Hunslet & Riverside) have been in touch to clarify the proposals to change the junction between Tempest Road and Dewsbury Road: We just want to clarify what work is actually
The Leeds Winter Coat Appeal, run by Zero Waste Leeds, is asking people in South Leeds to donate great quality second-hand winter coats and other items of winter clothing in the last few days for donations to the winter 2023-24 campaign. Donation points in South Leeds include: Hunslet Community Hub
With two weeks left until the end of the winter Covid and Flu vaccination campaign on 31 January 2024, the NHS in West Yorkshire is working hard to provide all eligible people with their vaccinations in local NHS walk-in centres and participating pharmacies. Dr James Thomas, Medical Director at NHS
Councillors on the Adults, Health and Active Lifestyles Scrutiny Board received an update this week on out of hours bereavement arrangements in Leeds following an in-depth service review to improve the experience of bereaved families. South Leeds councillors Mohammed Iqbal, who has been engaged in this work for some time,
Eight former Leeds councillors received one of the highest civic honours the city can bestow at a special session of full council yesterday (17 January 2024). The group of former councillors, who have 170 years of public service between them and include a former Lord Mayor and a Deputy Lord