What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, we present stories of inspirational women with links to South Leeds: Mary Gawthorpe was born in 1881 in Woodhouse, Leeds, to John and Annie Gawthorpe. Her Dad was a leather worker and her Mum helped to support the family by being a
The Middleton Railway has announced that, subject to government guidelines, it will reopen to the public on Sunday 23 May 2021. The Middleton Railway shop and cafe will re-open for indoor trading at the same time. Steam trains will operate every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday every hour between 10:30am and
Physical activity has been one of the few positive things we’ve been encouraged to still do since Covid-19 changed all our lives in 2020. With new social distancing rules, and organising activities and venues having to stop and start, many people across south Leeds have been finding new ways to
Over the past year when everyone has been spending more time at home people have shown a lot more interest in gardening. Many are put off as they don’t know where to start, think it’s too complicated and that you need a lot of expensive tools. So we are here
Spring has started to show itself with snowdrops and crocuses starting to flower and even bluebell shoots appearing. As you are out taking your exercise around South Leeds we encourage you to look for signs of spring and take a photo. We will be awarding prizes for the best shots
We have been distributing copies of the March newspaper to venues around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (Thursday 25 February 2021). Copies are available from various food shops including Beeston Co-op, Middleton Asda and Dewsbury Road Tescos as well as many small neighbourhood shops. We have been unable to
Thousands of local residents remain locked in a bitter and urgent battle for major safety renovations on their flat blocks – and to avoid having to foot the punishingly high costs themselves. Earlier this month (10 February 2021) saw the government’s long-awaited £3.5bn Building Safety Fund (BSF) announcement, to tackle
Every Wednesday morning a team descends on the Holbeck club and the Slung Low foodbank springs into life. As we’ve reported previously, when the pandemic hit last year, Slung Low redirected their theatrical skills from organising shows to running a foodbank for people in LS11 and beyond. I’m proud to
Olympic star, Alistair Brownlee MBE, has leant his support to the campaign (previously reported here) to make major Leeds and regional cycling and walking route accessible to all. Leeds Cycling Campaign has released a new film highlighting the need for urgent action to provide safe access for cyclists, runners and
Residents are being urged to take up postal voting to avoid pandemic related complications at polling stations. On Thursday 6 May 2021 elections are scheduled to elect councillors to Leeds City Council and a mayor for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. A devolution deal for West Yorkshire was signed into