What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Beeston In Bloom held a plant sale at the Watsonian Pavilion in Cross Flatts Park on Saturday (24 April 2021). Aspiring and experienced gardeners perused the prennials and assessed the annuals in a Covid-safe way, snapping up plants at bargain prices. Beeston In Bloom took a record amount on the
New Bewerley Community School in Beeston has just been awarded the Platinum Artsmark rating for their provision of cultural education. And they are the only primary school in West Yorkshire to receive the highest award. The Artsmark Award is a creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England.
Last night (26 April 2021) South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting as part of our local elections coverage. All the candidates standing in the ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: the Managed Approach to street sex work in Holbeck; cycle
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
Our next Get Set Leeds Local virtual event is tomorrow afternoon (21 April 2021). This time we’ll be talking all things walking, running, cycling and dance. These feel important, as we work through the Covid-19 roadmap, looking at how we re-activate, and how we can re-engage the community into accessible
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
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
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man in Leeds. At 11:53pm last night (8 April 2021) police were called to a report of a man having been stabbed at an address in Bismarck Street, Beeston. The victim, a 51-year-old man, was pronounced
On Friday 2 April 2021 BasementArtsProject turned 10 years old. Our first ever project was ‘This Is Our House‘ by artist Kimbal Bumstead. As we threw open our kitchen door on that warm April evening 10 years ago, little did we know that we would be creating a project in
It would be nice to think that as life returns to usual, that all the mental health and wellbeing worries would just slip away. If only we could file the problems in a sealed box that read “Pandemic – melt down. Never to be opened again”, but sadly, that’s just