What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
An operation targeting drug dealing and other criminality in south Leeds has seen four people arrested and drugs recovered in a series of raids. Officers from neighbourhood policing teams across Leeds focused their attention on Holbeck, Beeston and Beeston Hill this morning (9 October 2019) as part of Operation Momentum,
Last November Beeston and Holbeck marked the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War with a service of Remembrance at Holbeck Cemetery. Organisers decided to make this an annual event and shortly afterwards Cllr Angela Gabriel and The Friends Of Holbeck Cemetery launched a project to knit
A man has been arrested and charged over an assault on a bus in Leeds. Aaron James Knowles, aged 25, of Back Burlington Road, Beeston, was arrested on Saturday (5 October 2019) and charged with Section 47 assault occasioning actual bodily harm in relation to an incident on a bus
Back in 1970 a group of budding thespians at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in Beeston decided to put on a pantomime. They enjoyed the experience so much they put on another one the next year and have put on a show every year since. The St Andrew’s Pantomime has become
As we reported in the summer, Leeds City Council and its partners are encouraging residents to get more active under the banner Get Set Leeds. I spoke to Dean Smith about how running with South Leeds Lakers has made a difference in his life. South Leeds Lakers is a friendly,
There is a difference between active listening and passive listening and both have their uses and place in conversation. When it comes to the subject of the Managed Approach, which has been seated in Holbeck, many people in the community feel their complaints are listened to, but not actively with
“Because we’re from Belle Isle lots of people don’t expect a lot from us, but because we have been given this opportunity, people see us in a different light” – Helen, pupil at Windmill Primary School International law firm Pinsent Masons has announced that it will be supporting Opera North’s
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 30 September 2019: Listed Building Application for internal alterations including repairs to stonework, roof and guttering, removal of suspended
Leeds United players Eddie Nketiah and Barry Douglas dropped in to Hugh Gaitskell Primary School recently to lend their support to a new after school football club. Under the banner ‘Football the common language’ Hugh Gaitskell has launched its club last month. The Lottery funded project will see Leeds United
Children’s author Jason Beresford spent the day with students at Hugh Gaitskell Primary School to celebrate the launch of the Leeds Year of Reading in September.
Students transformed into superheroes for a whole school assembly before participating in interactive author-led reading and drama workshops.