What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Fifth generation luxury bedmaker Harrison Spinks has promoted Chris Townsley as Operations Director for Beds, where he will be responsible for overseeing manufacturing and logistics for the Beeston-based beds business. Asked to comment on his well-deserved promotion Chris said: “I have spent nineteen years working in different positions, from the
As mentioned in this month’s Councillors’ Briefing, a consultation has begun on how to use the land that was formally South Leeds Golf Club and has now been incorporated into Middleton Park. Discussions have been going on between ward Councillors in Middleton Park and Beeston & Holbeck wards; the Friends
Local poet Yvonne Ugarte has published a book of children’s poems, beautifully illustrated by pupils from Beeston Primary School where she works. Yvonne has been writing poetry for fifty years starting aged 5 when she was in foster care. She lost her son, Emil, to Meningitis when he was just
St. Luke’s CARES is showing their first community photographic exhibition and the grand opening is on Friday (30 July 2021) at 12noon. The collection is a result of a series of photos taken from disposable cameras handed to the community over the last two months and developed to show an
Brenda Schofield (nee Morrison) sent us this photo of pupils at Hunslet Moor School 1946. She’s in the middle row, second on the right. “What a glum lot we look. Having said that, we had very little to be cheerful about. The war had just finished, everything was on coupons
Lychee Red, the community group for older Chinese people celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival at Beeston Village Community Centre last month. The Lychee Red group, run by Health For All, marked the festival with dinner and Chinese Lantern decorations. The ancient festival originated in China, and celebrates the life &
Beeston & Holbeck Ward Councillors Angela Gabriel, Andrew Scopes and Gohar Almass have praised local project ‘Better Action for Families’ after a Leeds Beckett University study highlighted them as a shining example of Asset Based Community Development, which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Leeds and
Officers in Leeds have issued a CCTV image of a woman they would like to speak to in connection to the theft of a dog. The dog, a German Shepherd named Rocky, was in the rear of a premises on Dewsbury Road, Beeston, when an unknown woman walked into the
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. Please note that due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak Leeds City Council is not accepting written representations made by post. Please make any comments online and address them to
Police are appealing for information to locate a missing teenager from Leeds. Alfie Smith, 15, was last seen leaving an address in the Beeston area and heading back to his home address on Tuesday 20 July 2021. Alfie is described as white male, 5ft6, medium build with blonde hair. He