What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On Thursday (3 March 2022) Holbeck Together officially welcomed the Mobile Community Hub and Storybus to Holbeck. By joining in partnership with Leeds City Council to bring these services to Holbeck, Holbeck Together is continuing to be a community anchor for the area and striving towards making Holbeck a great
Egremont Rangers 0-28 Hunslet Club Parkside The opening Round of the NCL Premier Division 2022 season saw Hunslet Club Parkside make the long journey north-west to take on Cumbrian opponents Egremont Rangers at their picturesque Gillfoot Park ground yesterday (5 March 2022). A resounding 28–0 victory made it an excellent
This house stands at the corner of Cross Flatts Park at the Beeston Road end. It is a red brick end terrace house built in the latter part of the 19th and early part of the 20th century with a turret at the Park side that contains bay windows on
A man has been arrested by detectives investigating incidents of damage at two addresses in Leeds including one where a firearm was discharged. The 20-year-old man was arrested in an operation by firearms officers at Cottingley Springs traveller site, in Gelderd Road, in the early hours of yesterday morning (4
Leeds Locksmith Andrew Dunn pledged to donate 2 weeks income from late-night lock-outs to support Leeds Asylum Seeker Support Network (LASSN) and their work with asylum seekers and refugees in Leeds. Andy says: “I often come to work at properties that need securing or need locks changing etc. Often I
CEG welcomed the leader of Leeds City Council and other stakeholders in the city to its flagship Globe Point development yesterday (3 March 2022) for a topping out ceremony. BAM Construction commenced the development in May 2021 on behalf of CEG and is set for full completion this summer. Providing
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. Anyone wanting support refugees fleeing the fighting in Ukraine can donate clothes and essential items (toiletries, baby food, nappies, sterile dressings etc)
Hundreds of private landlords in Beeston Hill are still to register with the mandatory Selective Licensing scheme brought in by the Council over two years ago. The scheme aims to drive up standards and was brought in because local landlords were not joining a voluntary city-wide accreditation scheme. The licence
We have been distributing copies of our March newspaper to venues around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (Thursday 3 February 2022). Copies are available from various food shops including Beeston Nisa Extra, and Dewsbury Road Tescos as well as many small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs and Libraries,
I first met Farouk, nearly 25 years ago when I began my career in the community sector as a project worker with the South Leeds Elderly Group. Farouk was the chairman and one of the founders and although the organisation was a very small outfit with only two part-time staff,