What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A social enterprise has proved it’s got legs after winning its biggest ever contract. Re:Work Office Furniture, which sells used and new recycled office furniture, is celebrating the £30,000 contract to kit out Health for All’s new Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre in Middleton. After nearly four years of trading,
Plans to demolish the landmark Middleton Arms pub and replace it with an Aldi discount food store were this afternoon approved by planners. Aldi’s plans for a new store with 75 parking spaces, which would create between 20-30 jobs, had been recommended for refusal by planning officers who were concerned over the loss of
Our friend Mahboob Nazir from the mosque in Hardy Street has sent us details of a multi-faith event in Hyde Park which was attended by people from Beeston: [scribd id=74025425 key=key-90ckrj2ntrbcdv7r54g mode=list]
As we all know by now, Gary Speed former United apprentice, captain, Welsh international and manager died last Sunday, writes Paul Ibbotson. Elland Road and the rest of the country was in mourning at the sudden death of a great player and genuine nice guy,remembered for his super left foot
Don’t forget it’s the first of our news cafes tomorrow, which give you the chance to meet some of the people behind South Leeds Life. Do you have a story about yourself, someone you know or something that’s happening in your community? Then now’s your chance to tell South Leeds
South Leeds resident Paul Ibbotson has compiled this guest post for South Leeds Life about Atlantic salmon in the River Aire… Atlantic salmon should soon be passing through Leeds to spawning grounds that have not been used since the industrial revolution. Leeds City Council are to install fish passes
Thanks to everyone who came and supported the Speak To The Streets Breakdance Battle at the Hunslet Club, one of the largest youth clubs in the country, the place was packed out with talented dancers and energy, celebrating positive street culture, here in South Leeds. You can see highlights of
The acting head of South Leeds Music Centre Sopie Bevan has sent us the following information: “I’m emailing to invite you to the South Leeds Music Centre coffee morning concert, which will be held on the 10th December, at Cockburn High School in Beeston. All the students have been working
Beeston and Holbeck councillor Angela Gabriel has sent us the following information (and money off voucher!) to encourage older people to make the most of South Leeds’ leisure centres: [scribd id=74003413 key=key-x7eznbj0dvkyvgmg1kt mode=list]
A Christmas fayre will be held in the romantic-sounding setting of the Holbeck Underground Ballroom (HUB), the home of theatre group Slung Low. The HUB is housed in five railway arches on Bath Road in Holbeck. It’s a shared space – a place where other artists and companies can spend time