What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Year 9 students at Cockburn School spent a day working with Leeds United Football Club on their Positive Choices Program. The program is a 1-day experience that offers interactive, discussion-based workshops, that sees up to six guest speakers deliver 50-minute sessions across the school day. The purpose of the program
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 week beginning Monday 24 April 2023: Determination for installation of roof mounted solar PV equipment Cottingley Primary School Dulverton Grove Beeston
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious road traffic collision in Leeds in which a 16-year-old boy was critically injured. At 6.26pm on Friday (28 April 2023) officers were called to the incident outside The Broadway pub, in Dewsbury Road, Beeston. The collision involved a black Nissan Xtrail and
Last night (27 April 2023) South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting as part of our local elections coverage. All the candidates standing in the ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: what issues they were most concerned about and how being
At the request of pupils, Lane End Primary School in Beeston held a poster competition to raise awareness about litter, and what everyone can do to play their part to tackle it. They are now looking to see if they can get their posters displayed in every country of the
A woman who phoned 999 nearly 50 times in a two-hour period has been sent to jail. Sarah Coates, 48, of Noster Place in Beeston, was sentenced to 12 weeks’ imprisonment at Leeds magistrates on Monday (24 April 2023). She was also ordered to take part in rehabilitation activity and
It’s ten years since parkrun first appeared in Beeston. Whilst runners and walkers celebrated on 1 April, we spoke to some of those most involved in its success. Mark Hodgkinson, the driving force behind Cross Flatts parkrun, dates its origins to a football injury that led him to take up
Last night (25 April 2023) South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting as part of our local elections coverage. All the candidates standing in the ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: what issues they were most concerned about and how being
Beeston-based homelessness charity Turning Lives Around (TLA) has welcomed Sasha Pauley, Social Purpose and Sustainability Manager at Yorkshire Building Society, to its Board of Trustees. Sasha brings to the team extensive experience in fundraising and working in partnership with charities at both regional and international levels. She currently leads Yorkshire
Students at Cockburn School spent the week before the Easter holidays raising funds for their school charity, the Kyle Asquith Foundation. They raised £1547! This included £300 from the Keldon School of Dance who performed at Cockburn School over the weekend before the fundraising week. The charity was set up