Merry Christmas to all our readers!
Wishing all our readers a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from everyone at South Leeds Life…
Middleton Leisure Centre nets Olympic legacy cash
Planned improvements at Middleton Leisure Centre have today received a boost worth more than £140,000. The centre is one of 350 local community sports groups/facilities which are celebrating today after being offered a total of £17.4 million in Olympic legacy funding from Sport England’s Inspired Facilities Fund. The money will go
Christmas 2011 chemist opening times and public transport in South Leeds
PUBLIC TRANSPORT Christmas Eve Buses – a Saturday service will operate until 1800. After this time services will be reduced with no service after 2000. Trains – a Friday service will operate until 2000. After this time services will be reduced with no service after 2200. Christmas Day No bus
South Leeds Links: The Leeds hyperlocal scene
South Leeds Life is just one ‘hyperlocal’ blog in the Leeds blogosphere. Yesterday we featured a festive round-up of local South Leeds blogs and websites – today we look at the blogosphere across the city. He’s the Zorro of the Leeds blogging world – he’s the Leeds Citizen! Putting the
Video: Plans for Middleton’s new Asda store
Discovered this video of the proposed new Asda store in Middleton the other day, courtesy the I Live in Middleton (Miggy) LS10 Facebook page. Looks an interesting proposal, once it actually gets built. Last we heard, Asda were planning a 2013 opening, unless anyone’s heard otherwise… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pycr1wLbkb0&w=560&h=315]
South Leeds group theatrical about the Olympics: Updated
A local theatre group for youngsters in South Leeds has received a funding boost which will enable them to take part in a production for next year’s Olympics. South Leeds Youth Theatre has received £6,800 from the South Inner Area Management Committee to fund a new project involving young actors
South Leeds links: Local community blogs and websites
South Leeds has a growing community of blogs – from local residents’ groups to food blogs and health blogs by local Bangladeshi women! Here’s our festive guide to some of the sites that make up the South Leeds blogosphere… The former Cross Flatts Community Forum was relaunched as Beeston Hill
Police launch Beeston murder inquiry
West Yorkshire Police have today launched a murder enquiry after a man was stabbed to death in Beeston. Officers were yesterday called at 11.14am following a report of a 32-year-old man having been stabbed at an address on Malvern Road. He was taken to Leeds General Infirmary where he
There’s personality and pride in Cottingley, my home
I am a Cottingley girl born and bred, so is my mother, as my grandparents came to live in the Cottingley prefabs in 1968. Unquestionably a lot has changed, even in the 19 years I’ve been a resident. We have problems on the estate that are derived mostly from boredom;
Police clamp down on anti-social behaviour in Beeston Hill
Police have secured a dispersal order to combat crime and anti-social behaviour in Beeston Hill. The order, which starts today, is scheduled to run until the 14th June next year. Under the dispersal order officers and PCSOs have powers to order people out of a designated area if they believe