Category: Belle Isle

News and events for the Belle Isle area

Why Westwood Primary is ‘loving where it lives’

A groundbreaking anti-litter project has been branded a great success and is now set to be rolled out across all schools in Middleton and Belle Isle over the next three years. Acting on feedback from her community, Councillor Kim Groves (Labour, Middleton Park) arranged to set up the ‘Love where you

South Leeds Life launches community correspondents website

Your South Leeds Life is making it easier than ever before to contribute to our blog! You may have noticed that more and more South Leeds residents are contributing articles and reports to this blog – which is great, this is YOUR blog and it’s open to all who wish

Why don’t we have doggy bag dispensers in our parks?

Why don’t we have doggy bag dispenses in our parks? I’ve just come back from a holiday in Austria, which has to be a dog lovers country – there’s no end of dogs accompanying their owners everywhere. But however hard I tried I couldn’t find any evidence of these dogs

Belle Isle: ‘Speeding vehicles still a priority’

Residents in the Aberfield/Newhall parts of Belle Isle told a community meeting that speeding traffic is still a concern for the area. They told local community police officers that the current priority of speeding vehicles on Newhall Road should continue to be monitored and tackled by police. Residents felt this was

Free dog microchipping in Cross Flatts Park

Dog owners are invited to bring their pet along to Cross Flatts Park  to take advantage of a special free microchipping offer. Microchipping is recognised as the most effective and secure way of permanently identifying a lost pet. A unique identification number is registered to the animal and the owner’s details

Hunslet Club Celebrates Sponsored Fitness Challenge Success

It was smiles all round today in the Hunslet Club Gym when a cheque for £746.40 to St Gemma’s Hospice, their half of the proceeds from the clubs’ Annual Sponsored Fitness Challenge.   Darren Rhodes from the Hunslet Club and Nicki Brooksbank from St Gemma’s Hospice, cheque into the Gym  “Well done to everyone who took

New Circuit Training Sessions At The Hunslet Club for Adults

The Hunslet Club is launching Circuit Training Sessions for adults on Monday Nights, adding to a packed out line up of adult fitness activities at the club which includes Boxfit on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Zumba on Thursdays, BOKWA on Tuesdays, Legs, Bums & Tums on Wednesdays as well as a low

Leeds trolleybus: Next stop South Leeds!

Leeds today heard the words from it never thought it would: “Go ahead with your plans for a new trolleybus”. The government has said it will give £173.5 million funding for a trolleybus scheme – and the big news for south Leeds is that one of the routes is due to cut