Category: Cottingley

News and events for the Cottingley area

Cottingley celebrates its first Apple Day

Over 80 Cottingley Hall estate residents turned out in force on Saturday to celebrate Apple Day, the first community event in their orchards, which they planted in February 2016. The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Gerry Harper, officially opened the Apple Day celebrations and joined in the festivities. [slideshow_deploy id=’54868′]

South Leeds is bloomin marvellous

Green-fingered South Leeds groups this week won a raft of honours at the annual Yorkshire in Bloom awards. Volunteers from the projects along with staff members from the Council’s Parks and Countryside team attended a glitzy event at York Race Course, to discover what the judges made of their year-round

World Book Night at the White Rose Centre

An event designed to encourage adults to rediscover the enjoyment of reading will be held at White Rose Shopping Centre on Saturday (23 April 2016) as part of the nationwide World Book Night initiative. Running between 11am and 2pm in the Centre’s central atrium, volunteers from Leeds City Council’s South

Inner South Police Local Priorities

Inner South Local Priorities These are the priorities you have identified in your area. Visit the news pages  http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/leeds/inner-south/priorities for updates on how these priorities are being addressed by your local teams. Beeston Priority To tackle anti-social behaviour in and around the Cross Flatts area, including the park. Response/Action Action

Firewalking fundraiser for Mencap at White Rose

White Rose Shopping Centre is staging a spectacular fiery fundraising event for Mencap on Sunday 10 April 2016. A sponsored Firewalk will be held outside the main entrance adjacent to Next between 4.30 and 7pm. White Rose Marketing Manager Francesca Simpson, said: “We would like to encourage as many people

Cottingley’s community orchard takes shape

Cottingley residents plant first 50 trees of half mile long community orchard With 1,200 residents on the Cottingley Hall estate, a small orchard wasn’t an option as far Cottingley in Bloom volunteers were concerned; they set their sights on something far more ambitious – a half mile avenue of fruit