What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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 3 February 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Two illuminated fascia signs; one non-illuminated
We are very sad to announce the loss of community legend, Pat Gentle, who gave ten years of her life to Cottingley Community Centre. Pat worked tirelessly to help the centre recover after it was threatened with closure and after the Covid pandemic. She volunteered for many organisations including MHA,
Pupils from Cottingley Primary Academy are ‘on tour’ this week, bringing festive cheer to locations around South Leeds this week. Children from each class have visited different venues to sing carols and raise money to help improve the outdoor play facilities at the school. On Monday (9 December 2024) children
A £190,400 scheme to expand and improve a playground at Cottingley Hall estate is set to get under way later this month according to a report published on Friday (15 November 2024). According to the report: “The improvements will consist of a new trim trail, new play equipment, footpath works,
A man who asked a stranger for a lift and then robbed him in a brutal attack has been jailed. Simon Kubalik, aged 20, was given a six-year sentence when he appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday (13 November 2024). Kubalik, of Dulverton Place in Cottingley, was with a
The Mass Transit plans consultation, launched by Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin in the summer, comes to an end next week. Thousands of the region’s residents have already had their say on the plans, which attracted public support from the likes of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and Leeds and
Leeds City Council is backing the first phase of West Yorkshire’s mass transit scheme, in a report due to go before senior councillors next week. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is currently consulting on the first phase of its mass transit scheme, which would see tram routes created between St James’ Hospital
UPDATED: We are pleased to confirm that David Sissons has been found safe and well. Police are appealing for the public’s help to find a missing man from Leeds. David Sissons, 39 was reported missing from his home this morning, he was last seen at around 11pm yesterday evening
On Sunday 15 September the first LS11 Yard Sale will be held in South Leeds. Yard sales are like car-boot or table-top sales, but spread around a community: anyone can hold a stall outside their home, during the event. It’s an opportunity for local people to sell unwanted items, and
A series of drop-in events will be held across South Leeds, as part of a major consultation on West Yorkshire’s plans to create a Mass Transit network. The events, taking place between July and September, will allow people to learn more about proposed routes for phase one of the network,