What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds Libraries are encouraging older people to start coding and younger people to get organised at two one-off sessions coming up in South Leeds. On Thursday (23 November 2017) Beeston Library is hosting a Bullet Journaling workshop for 11-16 year olds, from 3:45-4:45pm. At this fun workshop you will create
Cineworld and IMAX has now opened at the Leeds White Rose Centre with its spectacular 11 state-of-the-art screen cinema. An invitation to the launch on Thursday (16 November 2017) a day before the doors opened to the public was the screening of Justice League. As a community reporter for South Leeds
Holbeck cemetery is set to undergo a series of security improvements in an attempt to tackle anti-social behaviour in the area. Local residents have been working with Councillors to identify measures to help reduce anti-social behaviour, successfully negotiating new closing times at the cemetery. This will see the gates locked
As the law currently stands it is not illegal to park on pavements except in London. It is however illegal to drive on a pavement anywhere in the country. Due to a strange quirk of logistical fate, prosecutions against those who park without due care for the safety of pedestrians
Alistair Brownlee revealed that he was still making up his mind about defending his Olympic Triathlon title when he met students at Cockburn School on Friday (10 November 2017). [slideshow_deploy id=’69743′] Alistair and his brother Jonny were there to answer questions put by a hall full of students from Cockburn
Robert Winfield The Annual General Meeting of the Beeston Community Forum will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday 7 December 2017 in the Function Room of the Old White Hart, 45 Town Street, Beeston, LS11 8BZ . The meeting will elect the Officers and Committee members for the Forum over
Match day parking permit plan scrapped whilst training ground planned for Holbeck Leeds United’s recent success and bigger crowds have once again highlighted the problems suffered by residents in Beeston on match days. The issue of fans parking on every available street within a 1km radius of the Elland Road
A group of Travellers this week (31 October 2017) established an informal encampment on Hunslet Moor at the bottom end of Dewsbury Road. The all-age encampment – made up of 14 caravans – has raised concerns locally, but is in good order at the time of writing. Local residents have expressed misgivings
Five men arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following two shootings in Leeds have been released on conditional bail pending further enquiries. The men, from Leeds, Dewsbury, Batley and Huddersfield, have been given conditions that include not associating with each other, living at specified addresses and observing a curfew between
Students from Cockburn School in Leeds got the chance to see what life in the construction industry is really like when a team from the building consultancy responsible for the Olympic Stadium, Pinewood film studios and Daytona Speedway joined them in the classroom last month. Property and construction consultancy Gleeds,