What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The award-winning theatre company Slung Low are set to open a new art gallery with a difference later this month. Based in Holbeck, South Leeds, the company will be opening the LS11 Art Gallery which will feature the best paintings, drawings and photographs created and chosen by the people of
The days are getting longer, the weather is warmer and the sun is shining. In normal times, these signs herald the start of the new cricket season. But we are not in normal times. For Hunslet Nelson, the only cricket club in South Leeds, the coronavirus outbreak has dealt a
Beeston is the latest library in South Leeds set to be converted into a community hub, following Dewsbury Road, St George’s Middleton and Hunslet. Council officers have allocated £355,000 to upgrade the building and refit it so that it can provide a range of Council services. The refit will include
Plans have emerged of how extra pressure on match day parking will be managed if Leeds United are promoted to the Premiership. League football is suspended and it is still unclear how the football season will be concluded and whether Leeds United will be promoted to the top flight. However
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 23 March 2020: Single storey rear extension and dormer window to rear 9 Preston Parade Cross Flatts Leeds LS11
South Leeds Life is aware that one of our stories from 21 March 2020 has been used in an attempt to stir up racial tensions. Our report covered the situation, at that time, for both Muslim and Christian worshippers and highlighted the approaches being taken by Mosques in Beeston. Some
Playgrounds are closed and all activities, events and classes in parks have been cancelled by Leeds City Council until at least the end of June due to the Coronavirus crisis. Whilst most people are abiding by the restrictions, some are still flouting the new rules. In Cross Flatts Park people
A package of highway works are due to be approved to make the roads around Beeston Hill St Luke’s CofE Primary School safer for pedestrians. The school, located at the bottom of Beeston Road, is currently being expanded to become a two form entry school with 420 pupils. The works
Coroner’s Officers are asking for information to help find the relatives of Mariusz Farat. Mariusz Farat was 58yrs of age and from Poland. He died at his home on Belvedere Avenue, Beeston, Leeds on Thursday 12 March 2020 of natural causes. Anyone with information that can help trace his relatives
The Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak and the need for social distancing is causing events across South Leeds, large and small, to be cancelled. Middleton Railway has announced that the opening of their Diamond Jubilee season has been postponed. In a statement, the trust said: “Following the latest government recommendations we have