What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Resurfacing and kerb replacement works will see Dewsbury Road closed between Tunstall Road and Garnet Road from next week. Between Tuesday 28 and Friday 31 August 2018 the the road will be closed inbound (towards the city centre) between 7pm and midnight each day. The same section of Dewsbury Road
Asha Neighbourhood Project has organised a day trip to Blackpool on Thursday 30 August 2018. Tickets are available for any women and children living in the Beeston & Holbeck and Hunslet & Riverside wards and cost just £2 each. A limited number of free places are available to refugees and
Five manufacturers in Leeds, including two in South Leeds, are opening their doors to aspiring and professional photographers as part of a national £5,000 competition organised by trade body EEF. The companies are among a number across the country welcoming local photographers as part of the EEF competition to capture
If you are feeling lonely and fancy a chat come along to The Bridge Cafe @ Cross Flatts Park, Thursday’s 1-2:30pm. A friendly place to come along and make new friends or catch up with old friends. All abilities are welcome. Bee Friends is part of the Health for All
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 13 August 2018: Change of use of unit from storage/distribution (B8) to general industrial (B2) use 1 New Princess
Streets in Upper Beeston were yesterday afternoon (Saturday 18 August) the scene of havoc and destruction, as a pick-up truck careered dangerously through residential streets, trashing cars as it went. The truck first appeared on Cross Flatts Drive, coming off Beeston Road at an estimated 40-50 mph, at around 5.45pm.
A new novel – called ‘Smithy Is’ – is hitting the shelves in bookshops across the country, depicting the gritty reality of growing up in south Leeds in the 1960s. This “insightful and hard hitting” book follows the path of teenage Smithy as he grows into adulthood, experiencing and witnessing
Drivers will be urged to be a “two zero hero” as lower speed limits are introduced in more residential areas across Leeds as part of a city-wide programme to reduce road casualties. The latest phase of Leeds City Council’s 20 miles per hour (mph) speed limit programme will be rolled
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 6 August 2018: Two storey front extension; two storey part single storey rear extension; balcony with balustrade to rear
Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club invite you to their inaugural Beer Festival (if you’re old enough) on August bank holiday weekend. You’ll be able to sample six fine ales supplied by Partners Brewery and it’s free entry. The festival takes place on the Saturday and Sunday, 25 & 26 August from