What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
First of all, some good news. Royal Mail has dropped its proposal to close the Holbeck delivery office. I was delighted, if to tell the truth a little surprised, when I heard the news, but this has been a wonderful victory for local residents and Royal Mail staff. They ran
A new local community group – Kurdish House Leeds (KHL) – is getting stuck into life in south Leeds, coming in numbers to help at the monthly Friends Of Hunslet Moor litter picks, and helping the Hamara Centre refurbish the Old Cockburn Centre in Hunslet Moor, where they last weekend
South Leeds bore the brunt of higher levels of pollution on Thursday (28 February 2019) as Leeds continued to experience unseasonably warm weather. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)’s Daily Air Quality Index indicated that all of South Leeds was given a ‘Moderate’ level of 6 out
The Inner South Community Committee will be holding its next meeting on Wednesday (6 March 2019) at Leeds Civic Hall, starting at 5:30pm. The committee is made up of the nine Councillors who represent our three wards: Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park. The meetings are not
Reece Dean kicked two late penalties to secure a win for Hunslet RLFC as they beat Doncaster in their first League One match of the season this afternoon (24 February 2019). Hunslet headed into South Yorkshire to the Keepmoat Stadium off a positive pre-season, with wins against a young Leeds
Beeston Road remains closed this morning (22 February 2019) between Malvern Road and Moorville Grove due to a Police incident. In a statement West Yorkshire Police said: “Police were called to Malvern Road in Beeston at 20.17 yesterday to a report of a disturbance in the street. “Enquiries are ongoing.
Two violent incidents within a week have raised questions about security in Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park. On Thursday 14 February 2019 13 year old Casey Dennis Murthick was returning home after a game of football in the park when he was hit in the face by a girl with what
Next step Outstanding for Cockburn School on its journey of “Transformation to Excellence” On Wednesday 30 January 2019 Cockburn School received a Section 8 ‘one day inspection’ by Ofsted. The purpose of the inspection was to determine if the school is continuing to provide a ‘Good’ education. There were three
Hunslet RLFC 36-18 Bradford Bulls Hunslet RLFC finished off their pre-season matches before next Sunday’s League 1 opener at Doncaster with a resounding victory over a second string Bradford Bulls outfit on Saturday (16 February 2019). The final score flattered Bradford who scored 18 unanswered points in the final 10
Last month, my wife and I had an unfortunate experience: three lads drove up outside our house in Beeston Hill, in broad daylight, with crowbars, jacked up our car, sawed the exhaust off our car, and drove off. It wasn’t a terrible thing (no-one got hurt, the car got fixed,