What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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,
Schools break up on Friday (15 February 2019) for the half term holiday. There are lots of activities and events organised for next week across South Leeds. Below you will find details of all the ones we know about, if we’ve missed any please let us know by adding the
In this article Laura Walton responds to Cllr Andrew Scopes’ recent article on the issues around street sex work in Holbeck. We know this is a contentious issue, or rather what is to be done about it is contentious. One of South Leeds Life’s aims is to be a platform
Royal Mail have officially announced today (6 February 2019) that they have scrapped plans to merge Holbeck Delivery Office and the Leeds City Delivery Office. The announcement follows an eighteen month campaign by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the local community. As we reported back in September
Hunslet RLFC 34-28 Leeds Rhinos Hunslet won the annual Harry Jepson OBE Memorial Trophy today (3 February 2019) at the South Leeds Stadium against a young Leeds Rhinos for the second year in succession. Leeds, who were fielding a relatively unknown side snapped at the hosts heels, but Hunslet, still
In this article Cllr Andrew Scopes (Beeston & Holbeck) sets out his thinking on the issues around street sex work in Holbeck. We know this is a contentious issue, or rather what is to be done about it is contentious. One of South Leeds Life’s aims is to be a
A journalist asked me the other day how my constituents are feeling about Brexit. I replied that judging by my inbox they are pretty much split down the middle. On the one hand, people say ‘I just want out’ while on the other people plead ‘Can’t you stop Brexit?’ And
Councillors on the City Plans Panel overwhelmingly backed the controversial Park & Ride Scheme at Stourton at their meeting today (24 January 2019). The scheme will see parking for 1200 cars on land between Hunslet Cemetery and Junction 7 of the M621. The site will be served by electric buses
300 residents of Middleton at high risk of lung cancer will have a scan over two weeks in January at a mobile scanning unit in Asda’s car park thanks to Yorkshire Cancer Research. The charity has funded the mobile unit which comes in three articulated lorries and contains a full