What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
We have been distributing copies of our July-August newspaper to 200 pick up points around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (6 July 2023). Copies are available from various food shops including Dewsbury Road Tescos as well as many small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs and Libraries, community centres,
The courageous performances of tough and talented teenage boxers impressed those attending the second ‘Friday Fight Evening’ of 2023 organised by Mark Holmes and Joe Ford at Hunslet Carr Sports and Social Club on Friday (30 June 2023). Devin Myers and Wakefield’s Jack Shaw, both seventeen, put on an explosive
Members of Morley WI (Women’s Institute) visited the Bridge Project at Holbeck Community Centre on Elland Road on 20 June to hand over a donation of sports equipment. The group came up with a novel way to raise funds, handing their members mini jam jars in which to put the
A winding up order was granted against Nagarjun Ltd, the company that held the franchise to run the Nisa store in Beeston, at the High Court in Leeds yesterday (27 June 2023). As we reported last week the case was brought by Scottish Power and the order means that the
The sun shone and the crowds descended in their thousands to Cross Flatts Park to enjoy Beeston Festival yesterday (24 June 2023). Revellers commented on the fantastic atmosphere and the range of activities and entertainment on offer. On the main stage the Old Time Sailors stole the show with their
Internationally acclaimed street art duo Nomad Clan have been commissioned by the children of Holbeck and theatre company Slung Low to paint a giant mural celebrating everyone’s creative potential. Slung Low is resident in Ingram Road Primary School and works closely with a small group of children, the self-titled Imaginative
Residents in Holbeck are being consulted about the construction of a community sports hub and GP surgery on the former Matthew Murray High School site at the end of Brown Lane East. The proposal is to site three full size 3G plastic all weather football pitches, plus two multi use
Leeds City Council has been denied a ‘Security of Costs’ order in a case it is defending against allegations of unfair competion brought by local micro business Instaplanta (Yorkshire) Limited in a ruling dated 5 June 2023. As we reported in April, Instaplanta has taken Leeds City Council to the
A survey of trees in Cross Flatts Park has revealed that up to twenty mature ash trees will have to be cut down in the coming months. A further forty will have to be cut back. The trees are suffering from a highly destructive fungal disease called ‘ash dieback‘, which
A historic ship, now home to a floating bookshop, Marjorie R, has been awarded Flagship of the Year 2023 by National Historic Ships UK. The Hold Fast bookshop is run aboard Marjorie R, moored in Leeds Dock, by Victoria and Chris Bonner. National Historic Ships UK (NHS-UK) has appointed six