What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck was packed on Friday afternoon (15 November 2019) as Holbeck Elderly Aid (HEA) unveiled its new identity as Holbeck Together. Members and service users were joined by partner organisations, funders and local councillors for a celebration of the organisation’s work to date and to
White Rose Shopping Centre marked the fourth Baby Week Leeds with a very special ceremony – the planting of one tree for every baby born in Leeds during Baby Week. White Rose is working with Nurture Landscapes to plant the 187 trees on its South Leeds site in honour of
Forty five jobs have been created at a new plastic recycling plant in Stourton with the promise of 300 jobs by the end of 2021. The Acting Consul General, Mr Fan Yingjie, from the Chinese Consulate in Manchester paid a visit to the OSO Polymers plant on Friday (15 November
Leeds Corinthians RUFC 50-5 Aireborough Leeds Corinthians RUFC hosted Aireborough this week (16 November 2019) hoping to bounce straight back from their first defeat of the season last weekend. A nervous start by Corinthians coupled with early possession by Aireborough saw them take an early lead. The conversion went wide
Nominations for candidates standing in the General Elections have closed today (14 November 2019) and the list of candidates has been published. LS10 and LS11 sit within the Leeds Central constituency, represented since 1999 by Hilary Benn for Labour. The candidates are as follows: BENN, Hilary – Labour Party CARLISLE,
White Rose Shopping Centre is celebrating the launch of the festive season with a very special visitor, The Snowman™, on Saturday (16 November 2019). The Snowman™ will be available to meet at intervals on Saturday at 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, and 3:30pm. There will also be live music, a giant
A service was held in Holbeck Cemetery today (10 November 2019) bringing together a broad spectrum of people from the local community and all victims of conflict. Local Councillors and Scout groups, veterans and general public stood side by side as they remembered the fallen. A two minute’s silence was
Last month, children from Leeds went to sleep knowing the next day they would be able to go to London. Children from Greenmount Primary School set off to London at 8am and arrived in the early afternoon. The children saw Buckingham Palace and were luckily able to see representatives from
Earlier this year, Beeston in Bloom and Beeston Primary School were fortunate to be awarded a grant of £500 from the RHS as part of their Greening Grey Britain campaign. The money has been used to renovate the unloved space on Beeston Town Street in front of the school, with
For one week, a gentleman has sat on scaffold at the end of the street where I live. He has worked both day and night to painstakingly create a piece of, house sized, artwork (est. 30 feet high and 20 feet wide). The work shows the Leeds United football badge,