What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A speeding drink driver who fled the scene of a collision in Leeds in which a woman pedestrian was killed has been jailed. Vanessa Barnes, aged 59, from Rossendale, Lancashire, had just left the Planet Ice rink, in Elland Road, after watching her son play for Leeds Knights on 10
Come and join us for the launch of the first South Leeds Green Film Festival on Saturday 23 September 2023 at 6:30pm. The evening will take place at St Luke’s CARES Community Cinema on Dewsbury Road (upstairs at the charity shop) and will feature the film Together We Grow –
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 4 September 2023. Click on the description to see the full application: Single storey extension to side and
A Leeds United supporter who assaulted the Newcastle United manager during their match at Elland Road has been jailed and given a six-year football banning order. David Derbyshire, aged 35, of Marley Street, Beeston, was given a 12-week custodial sentence by a district judge when he appeared at Leeds Magistrates
Anyone with mobility problems will know that our streets are littered with obstacles. They (mostly) have a good reason to be there, they serve a purpose and cause no inconvenience – provided you are able bodied. But once you need a stick, a wheelchair or mobility scooter to get around
UPDATED: John Guest has been found safe Police are appealing for information to help trace a man who has gone missing in Leeds. John Guest, aged 50, from Armley, was reported missing in the early hours of this morning (4 September 2023). He has not been in contact with family
Everyone in the Cockburn School community, joined by members of Kyle Asquith’s family and over 20 of his school friends, paid tribute in late July to Kyle and celebrated 10 years of the charity. Kyle, a Cockburn School student, died tragically from a brain haemorrhage in 2013 when he was
Voting is open in the election to decide who will be the next Leeds Children’s Mayor and South Leeds has two candidates on the 12-strong shortlist. Elsie from Hunslet Carr Primary School is campaigning on the issue of food poverty, whilst Keyla from New Bewerley Community School in Beeston’s manifesto
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 14 and Monday 21 August 2023. Click on the description to see the full application: Determination for the
On Wednesday morning (30 August 2023) as staff and volunteers were sorting through donations at St Luke’s CARES cgarity shop on Dewsbury Road they discovered ancient hand grenade amongst a box of plates. The items had been collected from the Reuse container at the Pudsey Recycling site. Unsure as to