What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Coroner’s Officers are wishing to speak to any relatives of David Brain. Mr Brain – 64yrs, from the Beeston area of Leeds, died on the Friday 5 June 2020. His death is not being treated as suspicious. Family members are asked to contact Coroner’s Officer Robert Wright on 01924 292301.
16 year old Sarata Sawo from Beeston has written this poem in response to the Black Lives Matter campaign: Black Black is working 10 times harder to get to A Which a white man gets with a click You get to A you’re hard to defeat It’s
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
If having your work displayed in an art gallery and winning a national competition makes you an established artist, then Ellie Harrison is an established artist. Nine-year-old Ellie from Beeston created her picture of a spaceman looking back to Earth following a YouTube tutorial, but choosing her own colours. The
Burton Lodge was built around 1791 and was a fine Georgian Mansion of two story red brick construction. At some point the Lodge seems to have been split in to two houses, this led to a change in the name and also the address from 1861, it now became Nos.13
A man was due to appear in court today (8 June 2020) following a stabbing on Dewsbury Road on Saturday. Osvaldo Rodriquez, aged 18, of Longroyd Grove, Beeston, ws due to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court charged with attempted murder and possession of a knife in relation to an incident
Thanks to a National Lottery grant, Health for All will be launching a new project to support Chinese and other isolated elders in Leeds to cope through the Covid-19 pandemic. The new build Beeston Village Community centre will be the Hub from which staff and volunteers with appropriate language skills
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
Twenty two members of the local community came together in Cross Flatts Park yesterday (3 June 2020) to ‘take the knee’ to show their solidarity with the family of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States. Large scale protests continue in cities across America following
Beeston author Amy Walker has published a children’s book and I spoke to her about it. Amy is not only an inspiration thanks to her new novel, Anchor Moon, but she is also a hero and inspiration thanks to her community spirit and belief in other people especially today’s youth.