What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A gang involved in the importation of over 15 tons of cocaine – with an estimated street value of £1.59 billion – into the country has today been jailed. Six people connected to the plot, which involved importing the Class A drug from the Netherlands hidden in pallets of frozen
Unity Homes and Enterprise has celebrated another successful year with the publication of its annual report. The 24-page document, titled Values Matter, details some of the biggest achievements over the past 12 months of BME housing association which manages properties in Beeston and Holbeck. They include the completion of 30
Local running club South Leeds Lakers hosted a pie’n’peas and quiz night along with their club night to raise money for Wheatfields Hospice last Tuesday (7 November 2023). The club meets on a Tuesday at Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club and usually has 4 or 5 different runs going out with
The Leeds City-Walk community came together with Councillor Annie Maloney (Labour, Beeston & Holbeck) to celebrate Diwali on Sunday (5 November 2023) at the Spinning Wheel on Dewsbury Road. The event, organised by Mr Suhas Pawar along with the organising committee, was a great success with over 200 attendees. The
Councillors Mohammed Iqbal and Paul Wray (Labour, Hunslet & Riverside) have today (9 November 2023) announced the approval funding for 32 new litter bins. These will be sited across 21 locations throughout Hunslet, Beeston and parts of the Riverside areas of Hunslet & Riverside Ward. This is part of their
Get Set Leeds Local is a Sport England funded project, facilitated by Active Leeds (part of Leeds City Council) exploring collectively with residents and local partners how we can enable more people from Beeston and Holbeck, and Hunslet and Riverside to move more or be active in some way. We’re
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the weeks beginning Monday 30 October 2023. Click on the description to see the full application: Multi level development comprising 247 dwellings
On 31 October 2023 local members from the Beeston and Holbeck Labour Party selected Sharafat (Shaf) Ali as their candidate to face the 2024 Local Elections. This comes following the resignation of Councillor Gohar Almass who announced he will be stepping down due to health reasons. Sharafat Ali commented: “I
Cockburn School and Cockburn John Charles Academy are celebrating the results of their Year 11 leavers who have achieved at the highest level categorised by the Department for Education as ‘Well Above Average’. Students at both schools achieved over half a grade higher in each qualification on average, compared to
Two new overhead gantries will be set in place above the M621 in South Leeds during the next phase of work on major improvements to the motorway. National Highways is installing the super-span gantries – named as they span the road in both directions instead of just one – over