What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Today we start a special series of reports on domestic violence, abuse and coercive control As we move into a second month of Lockdown 3, charities and organisations are predicting a worrying rise in domestic abuse, violence and coercive control behaviours. Households are spending more time together than ever before
Community leaders, representatives, and a wide range of South Leeds residents are rallying together to encourage everyone to take up the opportunity to get vaccinated against Covid-19 (also known as Coronavirus) in the coming weeks and months. Ten months on from the Covid-19 pandemic going global and turning the world
South Leeds families covered themselves with glory (and snow) last week, by scooping most of the prizes in the inaugural Leeds Igloo Festival. Sponsored by Leeds Green Party and local charity Playful Anywhere, the competition encouraged people across the city to get creative in the snow, and build their own
Plans for an Energy from Waste (EfW) incinerator plant on the site of the old Skelton Grange power stations are set to come to fruition this year, ten years after a planning application was first submitted. South Leeds Life first reported on plans for such a plant back in February
We had quite a fall of snow yesterday (14 January 2021). It caused travel problems for some, but others – especially the young and the young-at-heart – took the opportunity to go out and play. We put a call out to readers to send us their photos and here they
Artist Anthony Burrill and In Good Company Give Leeds a Seven Storey Message of Unity for 2021 Huge new mural offers a positive message to kickstart the year In Good Company, a Wunderkind Group initiative, today (11 January 2021) unveiled a new 88ft-high mural designed by internationally renowned graphic artist
Support and advice about council services across Leeds is being given to help steer the city through the new national lockdown. After the latest restrictions came into force earlier this week (5 January 2021), teams across the council have been working to ensure access to services remains as accessible as
People get very passionate about where they live. Which is great, because it often inspires us into community action – and we should celebrate that there’s plenty of that here in south Leeds. But scratch below the surface, or simply get debating on social media (!) and there’s a load
We have been distributing copies of the January newspaper to venues around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (Tuesday 5 January 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. Copies are also available at
Highways England have been trumpeting their work along the M621 in Hunslet and Belle Isle to erect noise barriers, but the residents the barriers are designed to help are less than impressed. In a press release issued before Christmas the agency described the barriers as an “innovative noise and safety