What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
South Leeds blogger Ewan Mitchell has been delighting us all with his passionate Tonight’s Menu blog about home cooking, food and useful recipes he’s tried out. And Ewan’s just celebrated National Pie Week with a post detailing his Leeds Pork Pie Challenge where he chose what he thought was the
Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision in which a 79-year-old pedestrian was seriously injured. The incident occurred on Domestic Street, close to the junction with Pleasant Terrace and Pleasant Mount around 7.40pm on Friday 9 March. The vehicle, a silver Audi A3, was travelling in a
Holbeck Police’s neighbourhood policing teams tackle local issues in your communities. Here’s a list of issues they’re actively looking to tackle at the moment: Beeston Priority Drug dealing on St Anthony’s Drive, every day between noon and 8pm Beeston Priority Nuisance motorbikes in Cross Flatts Park Beeston Priority Anti-social behaviour
What if you could conjure up your own superheroes, with powers customized to your neighbourhood? That’s the fantasy embodied by Guardians of the City, a public art project dreamed up by two students at New York’s Parsons the New School for Design. “Guardians of the city” are superheroes created by
There are literally hundreds of community groups and organisations who are run by local residents and volunteers in south Leeds. Residents across the city are being urged to enter the Leeds Community Stars Awards in 2012 – and it’s be great if south Leeds swept the board! The awards celebrate
Belle Isle resident Jean Savery has written this guest post about a new group giving residents in a part of Belle Isle an outlet to get things done in their community. Jean, who is retired, wrote the post at a publicity training session as part of the Belle Isle Bright Ideas project
You may – or may not – have noticed that as one of the latest improvements to South Leeds Life that you can now reach this blog through the much easier www.sllife.leeds11.com web address, which replaces the more cumbersome www.southleedslife.wordpress.com address. You can still access the blog through the old wordpress
I was on my way to incredibly impressive Cockburn School in Beeston the other day, and passed Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club. Which seemed to be right at the bottom of the Middleton Park area. Next to a Beeston school. And it got me thinking – exactly where do the boundaries of
Guest blogger Angela Harrison writes about domestic violence and anger management groups from STOP. S.T.O.P. (Start Treating Others Positively) continues to run Anger Management groups for both male and female perpetrators of domestic abuse. In addition to these groups we also run a weekly Women’s Support Group for women who
