What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The agenda has been published for next week’s Inner South Area Committee. The Leeds City Council Committee, made up of the nine Councillors from Beeston & Holbeck, City & Hunslet and Middleton Park wards, will meet at Beeston Village Community Centre on St Anthony’s Drive on Wednesday 6 November.
So the park and ride off Elland Road has received the go ahead after all. The Leeds Citizen blog was there and reports city councillors today approved the plans 11-1. The proposals were for a 425-space main car park, with 15 dedicated disabled spaces and an overspill area for another
Fun at the library Beeston Library is to host two Hallowe’en events. Beeston’s Beastly Ball, on Thursday 31 October from 3-4pm, will feature “All things ghostly! Fangtastic Fancy Dress, badge making, spooky crafts, slime and a Scary Skeleton!” with prizes for the best costumes. Then on Friday 1 November
A blog called Secret Leeds has published a cache of photographs taken by the RAF in 1951. The photos are taken on a series of “runs” across the city and appear to be part of a national survey – a early version of Google Earth! The photos were hidden
Royal Mail are recruiting up to 1,300 casual workers to cover the Christmas period. You can find out more on their website at www.royalmail.com/xmasjobs We have an updated list of Apprenticeship vacancies across Leeds: Apprenticeship Vacancies – 13-10-07 These are a chance to learn on the job and as
Controversial plans to build a new council park and ride facility off Elland Road will be debated by councillors next week – with planning officers recommending the detailed proposals be approved. The plans, which can be viewed here, show a 425 space main car park, with 15 dedicated disabled spaces
This year’s Beeston Festival Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at the Beeston Village Community Centre on Saturday 6 October. Top of the agenda was cake! Now, I have been to many AGM’s and I can honestly say they mainly comprise of a lot of talking generally, with the
South Leeds Sports Centre which was closed in November 2010 has been demolished. [slideshow_deploy id=’19837′] All photos and video by Jeremy Morton I was tipped off on Facebook that the demolition of South Leeds Sports Centre had started on Wednesday (9 October 2013). I went down and took some
A little video treat for South Leeds Life readers, for those who missed it, here is the Hunslet Club Dance Troupe performance at Leeds Light Night recently. They performed an energetic and exciting dance piece based on the experience of a circus. This group performed a variety of different dance
Local residents have created a huge mural to improve the look of a South Leeds neighbourhood. The colourful 5 metre by 1.2 metre artwork was made to brighten up an unsightly bin store in Trentham Row, Beeston. It was arranged by Leeds Federated Housing Association (Leeds Fed) after