Category: Beeston

News and events for the Beeston area

Consultation continues on bus lanes and Elland Road Park & Ride extension

Plans have been published to increase the capacity of the Elland Road Park & Ride scheme from its current 800 cars to 1,350. The expansion would use the land between the football stadium and the M621 motorway. Buses would also use a one way circulation making use of the football

Cockburn team wins business challenge

Students from Cockburn School participated in the annual Big Deal Event. The Event, which is run by York University, requires students to produce a business plan, prototype and ‘Dragon’s Den’ style pitch which is then presented to a team of senior business people from a range of national businesses. Cockburn

Greenmount school’s successful summer fayre

Greenmount Primary School in Beeston marked its 30th anniversary with a summer fayre on Saturday (30 June 2018). [slideshow_deploy id=’80905′] A major part of the fair was the Greenmount Bake Off which encouraged children to bake and decorate a cake, with or without help from parents, for a competition. All

Get Togethers prove we have more in common

Residents across South Leeds came together for a series of Great Get Together events last weekend (22-25 June 2018). [slideshow_deploy id=’80402′] The events are promoted by the Jo Cox Foundation in memory of the Labour MP who was murdered during the 2016 general election campaign. In her maiden speech to Parliament,