What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
More than 5,000 food parcels have been delivered in less than a month to vulnerable people in Leeds as part of an unprecedented emergency food distribution programme in the city. Managed by Leeds City Council working with partners including food and hunger charity FareShare, local businesses and the third sector,
This plea comes amid growing concern that the coronavirus outbreak is causing people to avoid contacting healthcare services, sometimes resulting in a dangerous life or limb-threatening delay in seeking urgent medical attention. As a result, the NHS is reassuring parents and carers that professional care is always available, they should
Muslims in Leeds getting ready to observe the holy month of Ramadan this week have been issued advice to keep them safe from a local imam and GP. The advice comes from NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Leeds City Council’s public health team working closely with Dr Mohammed
Local residents taking their daily exercise at Hunslet Moor yesterday (Tuesday 21 April 2020) got a welcome sight of new spring life. One of the three temporary equine residents currently grazing away isolation had given birth in the early hours of the morning. A local lady confirmed the owner of
A new campaign allowing people in Leeds to express their thanks to the city’s key workers and local everyday heroes has been launched. The Leeds Big Thank You campaign is encouraging residents to show their appreciation for key workers like health staff, carers, the emergency services, transport workers and retail
Today the government has launched a public health campaign that will not reach you. It won’t reach you because the government has not included independently owned community news publishers like South Leeds Life in its campaign. The All in, all together campaign is a welcome response from the government to
A new metal sound barrier by the M621 in Hunslet has caused uproar among many local residents, who say it has had a negative impact on their community and likened it to “a prison wall”. Highways England replaced an ageing wooden fence with a new green fence on Parnaby Road,
I managed to speak with Nathanya Laurent, Development Manager at Leeds South & East Foodbank, to find out more about the current situation, how people can help the foodbank and receive help from it. Changes to the current referral system and how to get help “Because of the current climate,
The Leader of Leeds City Council has called on everyone in the city to continue to follow the rules on staying home and social distancing over the coming Easter weekend. With good weather expected people in the city would normally be out enjoying the sunshine, public spaces and visitor attractions,
Like all other sports teams Middleton-based Leeds Corinthians RUFC have had their season cut short by the COVID-19 virus and eagerly awaited an announcement from the RFU on how their season would end. Corinthians had been pace setters in Yorkshire Division 3 all season and had been at the top