What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
One hundred electricans have benefitted from free Level 3 ‘18th Edition Wiring Regulations’ training at Leeds College of Building thanks to funding from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA). Delivered through the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges, re[boot] and subsequent Skills Connect training is designed for adult learners looking to upskill, re-skill, and gain sector-specific qualifications within regional
Marks & Spencer has announced the official opening day for its brand-new Leeds White Rose store, offering local residents a sneak peek of how the new M&S Leeds White Rose store design will look when it opens on Thursday 25 May 2023. The brand new 97,000 sq ft store opens
A charity in Leeds that provides families with baby and child essentials has received a £1,000 donation from local housebuilder Persimmon. Leeds Baby Bank, based in the St John’s Centre in Leeds city centre was established in 2017 to provide parents with baby essentials such as nappies, clothes and sanitary
Landsec-owned shopping centres White Rose and Trinity Leeds have both made appointments in the centre management teams this month, including two new Assistant Centre Directors and a new, shared Centre Director role for the two sites. Ashleigh Kellett has been appointed Assistant Centre Director at White Rose Shopping Centre, having
Senior councillors in Leeds will discuss a new programme aimed at improving health levels and tackling inequality across the city at a meeting this week. At its meeting at Civic Hall on Wednesday (19 April 2023), the council’s executive board will consider an update on realising the city’s commitment to
A Belle Isle man who stabbed and strangled a man he had befriended has been jailed for more than eight and a half years. The Leeds District Crime Team has welcomed the sentencing of Jay Hemsley (27) from Belle Isle in Leeds who was jailed for an overall 106 months
Local Social Enterprise, Five Rivers, has secured a prestigious We Invest in People Gold accreditation, for the second time running. Five Rivers runs a specialist, independent, integrated school and home in South Leeds for children with social and emotional needs, using therapeutic, trauma informed, educational frameworks. As we reported the
Leeds United Football Club will dedicate its upcoming home game against Liverpool on Monday (17 April 2023) to LEEDS 2023, in a major showcase of support for the city’s transformational Year of Culture. Fans in the stands at Elland Road will see the Leeds United squad warm-up in special LEEDS
A man has been given a life sentence after being convicted of the murder of a man whose battered body was found hidden under paving slabs and pallets outside an address in Leeds. The victim, Bradley Wall, aged 24, was found in a stairwell to the basement of a house
Children across south Leeds were informed of their secondary school place earlier this month, with a record 8,230 of pupils offered their first preference school, up from 7,825 last year. Leeds City Council made a total of 9,877 place offers for September 2023; a decrease of 15 from the offers