What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On 31 October 2023 local members from the Beeston and Holbeck Labour Party selected Sharafat (Shaf) Ali as their candidate to face the 2024 Local Elections. This comes following the resignation of Councillor Gohar Almass who announced he will be stepping down due to health reasons. Sharafat Ali commented: “I
Councillor Gohar Almass (Labour, Beeston & Holbeck) has announced that he is to step down at the next election in May 2024. Cllr Amass was facing a deselection battle within the Beeston & Holbeck Labour Party Branch, but announced he wouldn’t be seeking reselection hours before Tuesday night’s branch meeting
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 weeks beginning Monday 9 October 2023. Click on the description to see the full application: Forty six non-illuminated standard safety signs;
Local Ward Councillors Andrew Scopes, Gohar Almass and Annie Maloney have welcomed funding for the replacement of the heat interface units, which draw on the local district heating network for heating and hot water in Cottingley Heights and Towers high-rise flats. The existing units in these blocks are approaching the
Local ward councillors, Gohar Almass, Annie Maloney and Andrew Scopes (Labour, Beeston & Holbeck) have been getting involved with Keep Britain Tidy’s Love Parks Week 2023. The initiative which ran from 28 July until 6 August celebrates parks and green spaces as well as the dedicated volunteers and workers who
Police are appealing for information on Lee Norton, who is wanted on recall to prison. Norton, who is 29 and from Leeds, was released on licence in May after serving part of a sentence for burglary. He is believed to have breached the terms of his release and police in
Police are appealing for information on Jamie Hegarty, who is wanted by police in connection with a residential burglary in Leeds in which a car was stolen. Hegarty, who is 23, is from the Beeston area of the city and also has links to Cottingley. He is described as being
With bus passenger numbers still 15% below pre-Covid levels and the government support grants only being extended for short periods and at short notice, First Bus are making timetable changes starting on Sunday (2 July 2023). The changes mainly affect early morning and late night services. South Leeds services affected
A new mobile Community Hub and Library service will be making fortnightly visits to Cottingley and is ready to help residents with their housing, council tax and benefits and provide employment support as well as offering library and internet services and much more. The new mobile service aims to bring
It’s not every day that you receive a visit from an FBI Special Agent, but pupils at Cottingley Primary Academy, Leeds, have welcomed Miguel Clarke, a former FBI Special Agent for a session about online safety. The visit was organised by Andrew Firth, MD of Leeds-based digital marketing agency Ascensor.