What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A Beeston Crochet and Knitting group have joined the national movement to create toppers for post boxes and bollards. Also known as ‘yarn bombing’ the movement is bringing fun and colour to street furniture across the country. The group meet every Monday morning (10am-12pm) at Beeston Community Hub & Library and
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 23 May 2022: New serving hatch to shop front Unit 32 The Boulevard Hunslet Leeds LS10 1PZ Ref.
UPDATE: Charlie Morgan has been found safe and well Police are appealing for information to help trace a 12-year-old boy who is missing in Leeds. Charlie Morgan was reported missing from home in the Beeston area yesterday evening (26 May 2022) after last being seen that morning. He is
Paul Grist, a teacher and artist from Beeston, showed me round his current exhibition in the atrium of Bexley Wing at St James’s Hospital, Yorkshire’s regional cancer centre. The space is both a peaceful, quiet space and busy thoroughfare where, as Paul puts it “you will see all of life:
Schools from across South Leeds are joining the Love Exploring Leeds School Challenge, as part of a drive to encourage families to get active in their local park. The challenge is based around the free Love Exploring app, which offers augmented reality games for smartphones. Middleton Park, Cross Flatts Park,
DePuy Synthes, the Orthopaedics Company of Johnson & Johnson, was delighted to welcome the Minister for Science, Research & Innovation to its world-leading Research & Development (R&D) & Manufacturing campus in Beeston last week (18 May 2022). George Freeman MP visited as part of his UK Tech Clusters Tour which
Hundreds of residents living in ‘back-to-back’ council properties in Beeston, Holbeck and Hunslet will benefit from a project which will make their homes warmer and better insulated. The TIBB project (Transformation Insulation to Back-to-Back), forms part of Leeds City Council’s commitment to invest £100million in decarbonising council housing. Once the
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 16 May 2022: Installation of two new FMT and two new ESL silos on new concrete bases; New
Cllr Paul Wray and Cllr Mohammed Iqbal (Labour, Hunslet & Riverside) have welcomed the announcement that the play equipment upgrades for Brickfields Park on Beeston Hill are due to be installed from next week (23 May 2022). Cllr Paul Wray said “It is great to see this long wanted upgrade
Fifth-generation family bedmaker, Harrison Spinks, has continued its charitable giving with a recent donation of 136 mattresses to The International Charity Fund “For Ukraine”, to support the country’s needs within hospitals and refugee accommodation. The Beeston-based company’s latest donation was initiated by Ukrainian native Olena Todd, Buyer at Harrison Spinks. Originating from Lutsk in