What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Beeston’s annual Lantern Festival is set to light up locations around Beeston on Friday 8 December 2023 … and you are invited. The event begins at 4:15pm with three local gatherings at St Luke’s Church, Malvern Road, St Mary’s Church, Town Street and Rowland Road Social Club. People are invited
Four new members have joined the board of BME housing association Unity Homes and Enterprise which manages almost 1,400 affordable properties for around 5,000 tenants in Leeds including Beeston and Holbeck. Mahara Haque has worked as a community development specialist for more than a decade and has a wide range
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 13 November 2023. Click on the description to see the full application: Retrospective application for siting of container
Officers from the South Leeds Neighbouhood Policing Team executed a warrant under the misuse of drugs act at an address in Burlington Road, Beeston on Monday (13 November 2023). In a post on Facebook, the team reported that they had seized a significant amount of suspected Class A drugs, cash
Friday 3 November 2023 saw the finale of the local ‘Upcycling Competition’, which invited residents from across South Leeds to transform unwanted household items into something new. Organised by St Luke’s CARES and Our Future Beeston, as part of the larger ‘Save Money Save the Planet’ campaign, the competition saw
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 6 November 2023. Click on the description to see the full application: Demolition of the existing three storey
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