What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
White Rose Shopping Centre honoured local heroes from across Leeds at its annual Community Awards today (9 December 2021). The awards celebrate people and organisations working hard to benefit their local community. This year’s winners include: South Leeds charity Re:establish, which is committed to the development and nurturing of people’s
With over a thousand tonnes of additional black and green bin waste expected to be produced over the festive period, people across Leeds are being encouraged to put recycling at the top of their Christmas to-do lists. The council will be doing all it can over the festive period to
I spent a great Sunday evening at The Holbeck meeting Caroline Turner, the first female president of the club in its over 140-year history and hearing from staff and club members about this historic moment. As Vice President Caroline became President after the former President, Ian Pickup, stood down in
We have been distributing copies of the December newspaper to venues around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (Thursday 2 December 2021). Copies are available from various food shops including Beeston Nisa, Middleton Asda and Dewsbury Road Tescos as well as many small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs and
I met five engaged and engaging stars from this year’s Cockburn School production of Sister Act in a break from rehearsals. Poppy Thompson-Clark (Sister Mary Patrick), Katie Jordan (Mother Superior), Evie Lindsay (Sister Mary Robert), Ana Da Silva (Deloris Van Cartier) and Eesaa Nadeem (Curtis Shank) range from Year 9
Hugh Gaitskell Primary School in Beeston has been rated ‘Good’ in all areas in its latest Ofsted inspection published this week. Ofsted grades schools on a four point scale from Outsanding, to Good, Requires Improvement and Inadequate. Primary Schools are graded across five categories: The quality of education Behaviour and
Cody’s Defibrillator Campaign donated to Middleton Primary School on Friday to help themselves and the community.
Stamford Property Holdings and Shelborn Asset Management have bought the prime ‘Westbank’ site in Holbeck from Lloyds Bank and plan to redevelop it. The four acre site, off Water Lane and next to Bridgewater Place, is currently occupied by a three-storey call centre, originally built for The Halifax. The purchaser
Today’s (18 November 2021) heavily leaked announcement that the HS2 high speed rail line will not be built to Leeds has big implications, good and bad, for South Leeds. The latest version of the HS2 plans had the new railway entering the city through Stourton and Hunslet on a viaduct
Diary of a fat girl – Clare Brooke Wed 17/11/2021 To Kenneth Ingram: Don’t forget to view Slide Show Below [slideshow_deploy id=’137626′] MY MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS My mum gave me life but she has saved my life many times. I lost my uncle to suicide when I was 21. We