What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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White Rose Shopping Centre is celebrating Purple Tuesday tomorrow (7 November 2023) with events and guest feedback sessions to raise awareness of sensory and accessibility issues. Purple Tuesday is an annual initiative which looks to improve the customer experience for disabled people and their families year-round. Participating organisations must
Cllrs Mohammed Iqbal and Paul Wray (Labour, Hunslet & Riverside) have announced the initial landscaping work to improve the paved area in between Hunslet Community Hub and Library and The Penny Hill Centre, as part of the plan to create a new public space, has been given the go ahead.
Students from Cockburn John Charles Academy (CJCA) presented the KS4 category nominations and award on stage at the Leeds Book Awards at a glittering ceremony at Elland Road last month. Harvey, Helena, Sam, Evelin, Heloysa and Olivia were selected as the students who had the honour of announcing the winning
On 31 October 2023 local members from the Beeston and Holbeck Labour Party selected Sharafat (Shaf) Ali as their candidate to face the 2024 Local Elections. This comes following the resignation of Councillor Gohar Almass who announced he will be stepping down due to health reasons. Sharafat Ali commented: “I
A Hunslet care worker will be attending his third awards ceremony this year after being named as a finalist in the Yorkshire and Humberside Great British Care Awards (GBCA). Naveed Mughal, a support worker with national health and social care charity Making Space, has already scooped one trophy and been
Cockburn School and Cockburn John Charles Academy are celebrating the results of their Year 11 leavers who have achieved at the highest level categorised by the Department for Education as ‘Well Above Average’. Students at both schools achieved over half a grade higher in each qualification on average, compared to
Two new overhead gantries will be set in place above the M621 in South Leeds during the next phase of work on major improvements to the motorway. National Highways is installing the super-span gantries – named as they span the road in both directions instead of just one – over
Lloyds Banking Group employee, Olivia Valentine, has partnered with Holbeck Together for the last 3 years to organise and deliver a Christmas Present Drive for families across South Leeds. Over the past 3 years, Olivia and her colleagues in Lloyds Banking Group have raised over £8,000 worth of Christmas presents,
Detectives investigating a serious sexual offence in Beeston have issued a CCTV image of a potential key witness they would like to speak with. Enquiries are ongoing into the attack which occurred in Tunstall Road, Beeston in the early hours of Sunday (22 October 2023) and a 34-year-old man has