What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Appeal For Relatives: Janice Margaret Scholes, Beeston, Leeds. Monday, 19 October 2015. Leeds Coroners are appealing for relatives of Janice Margaret Scholes to come forward. Janice, who was 41 and from Trentham Place in Beeston, died in hospital on Tuesday 13 October. Her death is not thought to be suspicious.
This last week saw the conclusion of the epic Leeds2Iraq charity appeal, with dozens of volunteers from across south Leeds and beyond loading up two articulated lorries with 25 tonnes of winter aid – which are now heading out to refugee camps in northern Iraq. Over the past weeks, an
The range of professions involved in building new council homes on the housing regeneration project have been brought to life in artwork created by local pupils. New ‘building brighter futures’ banners displaying the posters created by New Bewerley Community School pupils are now on show at a Beeston site where
Leeds Golden Girl Nicola Adams tops the bill at Unity AGM Olympic boxing icon Nicola Adams MBE was the star attraction at Unity Homes and Enterprise’s Annual General Meeting, which also heard a speech from Leeds City Council chief executive Tom Riordan praising Unity’s work. Unity Housing Association was formed
Twenty parents and community members attended a meeting at Cockburn School to discuss the school governors’ intentions to convert the school to Academy status last night (19 October 2015). The meeting heard a presentation from Headteacher David Gurney explaining the school’s reasons for considering conversion. He stressed that the change
Tuesday, 20 October 2015 Hannah Davies was found safe and well in the Morley area yesterday afternoon. Thanks to everyone who shared our appeal or called in with information. Appeal: Police Issue New Image Of Missing Person, Hannah Davies, Leeds. Monday 19 October 2015 Police are today issuing a new image
The CBFT Calendar for 2016 is NOW ON SALE!!! Recently we had a lovely day with some of our service users doing a photo shoot in the ‘Calendar Girls’ style & now the calendars are hot off the press! The calendar is also in memory of Iris Ryan, who is
The South Leeds Academy is staging an innovative festival to inspire and boost literacy amongst parents and students in Key Stage 3. With a national drive on the improvement and importance of literacy attainment, The South Leeds Academy are hosting their first ever ‘Literacy Festival’ on Monday 19 October 2015
Eid al-Adha, or ‘Festival of Sacrifice’, is celebrated by Muslims to mark the occasion when Allah appeared to Ibrahim in a dream and asked him to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, to demonstrate his devotion to the Almighty. Ignoring the advice of the Devil, who tried to tempt Ibrahim into disobeying
Cockburn School is consulting on whether to convert to become an Academy. Academies are state schools, centrally funded by the government and outside the control of the local authority. The school has received an Academy Order from the Department of Education which means the school can convert if the governing