What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Despite the cold, well over 100 people saw Cllr David Congreve switch on the Christmas lights outside the Co-op on Town Street yesterday evening. After singing a couple of carols the crowd went over the road to the Beeston Parish Centre where mulled fruit juice, burgers and hot dogs
Proposals for a new primary school on the site of the former South Leeds Sports Centre must include enough parking spaces for staff to avoid problems for local residents, councillors have said. Members of the south and west plans panel heard initial proposals for the 420-pupil primary school and
An event is taking place next week which will take a different approach to shaping services for drug and alcohol abuse in LS11. Co-producing Leeds have organised the event at the Hamara Centre on Wednesday 11 December 2013. Residents, service users, professionals, students and volunteers are invited to the
If you’ve ever wanted to own a Police station, now is your opportunity as Holbeck Police Station has been put on the market. The building is 33,433 square feet and sits on a 2.1 acre site is being advertised as a refurbishment opportunity, but is more realistically likely to
It was beginning to feel a lot like Christmas on Saturday (30 November 2013) as South Leeds was sprinkled with community Christmas Fairs in Belle Isle, Beeston and Cottingley. [slideshow_deploy id=’20987′] BITMO’s GATE held it’s first Christmas market. Santa was ushered into his grotto with carols sung by
Young people who no longer use the name Mohammed in their job applications and don’t refer to Beeston in their address. Women being verbally abused and having their hijabs (headscarves) pulled off in the street. These were the real examples of Islamophobia today in South Leeds that Hanif Malik,
Christmas on the Cardinals Yvonne Crowther who runs the social enterprise Café Me’n’u on Cardinal Road in Beeston is appealing for help. She will be opening the café on Christmas Day for lonely older people on the estate and serving them Christmas dinner. She has support from volunteers to
St Luke’s CARES is the latest group to become a Friend of South Leeds Life… The overarching mission of St Luke’s CARES’ work is to have a positive impact on the local community in South Leeds by helping individuals to identify and overcome barriers which prevent them from achieving their
People interested in finding out more about adoption – especially adopting a disabled child, are being invited to an information evening next week. The information evening will be held on Tuesday 26 November at Cockburn High School, Gipsy Lane, LS11 5TT at 6:30pm. Leeds City Council hosts monthly information
Christmas lights are coming to South Leeds and plans have been finalised for the big switch on. The lights have been paid for by the Inner South Area Committee and local councillors will be present at each event. Middleton Wednesday 4 December at 3:30pm, Middleton Circus Belle Isle Thursday