What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
South Leeds Life understands that building work is set to start this week (1 September 2020) on the new modular block of classrooms at Cockburn School in Beeston. As previously reported, the block of seven classrooms, two science labs and an IT suite plus anciliary offices, is be built from
An elderly shopkeeper in Beeston Hill is being hailed as a hero, after successfully thwarting an attempted robbery, and even detaining the culprit for arrest. Raja Ejaz Hussain, 69, co-runs Raja Brothers on Lodge Lane in Beeston – and was working alone in the store on Thursday evening (27 August
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
Plans to block through routes for cars in the Cross Flatts area of Beeston have been revealed in a letter to residents and on a Council website here. As previously reported, planters will be used to block off rat runs with the aim of keeping traffic on the main roads.
A host of cycling activities and information will be available in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston this Friday (28 August 2020). Get Set Leeds has teamed up BeCycling, South Leeds Lakers, HSBC and British Cycling to lay on activities for all ages and abilities. Call in between 12:30-3pm to chat with
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
Would you like to cycle more, but aren’t confident to ride on the road? Or perhaps you’ve never learned to ride a bike would like to now? Help is at hand with free weekly sessions running at John Charles Centre for Sport and in Cross Flatts Park. In the two
Travellers who set up camp on former South Leeds Golf Club land this week have been accused of “felling mature trees to use for firewood, churning up the land with quad bikes and car races and are fly tipping waste from their cash in hand work across the area” by
Beeston-based Spinks, a global leader in sustainable spring and comfort technology, has promoted Commercial Director Darren Marcangelo to Managing Director with a place on the company’s main board. Spinks, which is the components division of 180-year-old family bedmaker Harrison Spinks, is a world leader in steel spring manufacturing, producing some
Leeds Let’s Get Active are running free exercise classes every Monday in August to help ease back into physical activity in Cross Flatts Park and Middleton Park. The classes comprise Mind and Body (mix of Tai Chi, Standing yoga, Pilates) and Low Impact Restart exercises. All undertaken in a Covid-secure