What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The first issue of South Leeds Life: the magazine has hit the streets. It features the latest on the Looking Good Beeston and Holbeck photography project, a campaign to promote the area’s parks, the latest on Hardy Street Mosque and the work at The Hunslet Club and the South Leeds Youth
An exciting new community magazine will be soon be hitting the streets of South Leeds. The glossy full-colour South Leeds Life magazine brings you much of what you can already find on this blog – and lots more about life in your community, local groups and organisations. It celebrates the
You can report, view or discuss local problems like graffiti, fly tipping, broken paving slabs or street lighting in south Leeds over at the excellent Fix My Street website. Local resident Stanley Musonda has reported the dangers of overgrown trees in Malvern Street near Holbeck Cemetery; potholes in Hunslet Lane have
It’s time to dance! Ian Rodley, of Dance Action Zone Leeds (DAZL), has asked us to publicise some community dance sessions being held in Middleton, Belle Isle, Beeston, Morley and Rothwell. Ian writes: “We’re running dance activity for young people age three -19 years and there are also some adult dance sessions
Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist died in Cottingley yesterday. At around 4pm the 28-year old Leeds man was cycling along Elland Road towards the A6110 ring road roundabout at Beeston when he fell from his bicycle, sustaining serious injuries. The man later died at LGI. Police are
There’s still time to add to our interactive map of community groups in South Leeds. [googlemaps http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=208104848291920538910.0004a635bd22fe31716e3&ie=UTF8&source=embed&ll=53.750284,-1.54654&spn=0.015531,0.000343&t=m&vpsrc=6&output=embed&w=425&h=350] Since we launched our map back in August it’s had almost 900 views and several groups have added their organisations or facilities to the map, which is open to all to edit and
We asked our 200 followers on Twitter (@SouthLeedsLife) what they would like to see covered in the blog. @MaggieH69 got back to ask: “What is being done to tackle crime in Beeston Village area?” We emailed Inspector Damien Miller from the Neighbourhood Policing Team, here’s his response: “Currently a snap
The innaugral LSx Junior Junior Technology Festival took place at the Hunslet Club in South Leeds on Sunday 25th September. Over 50 children and their parents took part and went on a photo walk, made stop-motion lego animations, pin hole cameras and even recycled old mobile phone chargers into mood
South Leeds has been in the papers and on the blogs recently and I thought it’d be useful to put together a short round-up of useful links to stories. So, what’s been making south Leeds tick? Middleton’s new Asda will be going ahead, despite delays. Work is due to start
Anyone interested in the future of the former Tetley’s brewery site and general redevelopment of that part of ‘old’ Hunslet should check out the Leeds Sustainable Development Group’s website. The group is a network of individuals who share a commitment to their city and want to work together to make it