What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Christmas is nearly upon us and we’ve got a number of events coming up to celebrate the festivities in Beeston, Holbeck and Cottingley. Things started off last Sunday with carol singing around the Christmas tree near the shops at Cottingley. On Thursday of this week (4 December 2014) we will
Tenants have been officially handed the keys to their newly built council homes which are just some of the 1,000 properties being delivered as part of an ambitious drive to provide new council homes in the city. Leeds City Council leader Councillor Keith Wakefield had the honour this month of
South Leeds Life will be launching its first free regular newspaper at Beeston Library on Friday 28 November 2014 from 4-6pm. The paper will be available at all libraries, schools and community centres in the LS11 and LS10 areas from Monday 1st December. It will then be published each month
I came across an earlier article you did about the missing drinking fountain on Holbeck Moor. A photo has turned up in the Secret Leeds Facebook group. The photo hasn’t any text with it. But the person who has posted it goes on to say “I’ve come across this photo
In 2012 a group of Holbeck residents joined together to help give new life to a then struggling Holbeck Working Mens Club. Back then the Club was under-used and suffering under the economic recession. The number of members was dwindling and there were even talks of closing the Club. However,
The Cupboard project which runs youth groups across South Leeds is holding two Open Sessions for new members on Monday and Thursday next week (24 & 27 November 2014). The sessions, at Holbeck Youth Club and Belle Isle Family Centre will be a great opportunity to find out more and
Long-awaited proposals to re-open the unused Holbeck rail viaduct as a public walkway are hopefully taking root at last, with a major public meeting due this week. Those coordinating the scheme have been talking with the current owners, Network Rail – and the latter have now requested a full project
Leeds City Council’s Executive Board will meet this week on Wednesday (19 November 2014) when several South Leeds issues will be on the table. First up is the ongoing discussion about the future of community centres. Old Cockburn Sports Hall in Beeston is one of 10 centres under discussion with
Children from the new Lane End Primary School, together with staff from contractors Interserve, held a Golden Bolt Ceremony on the site of the new school last Monday (10 November 2014), when the final bolt into the steelwork frame was driven home by one of the reception class children. Work
The iconic Temple Mill (also known as Temple Works) – in Holbeck Urban Village, on the southern edge of the city centre – is set for massive regeneration as an international events and arts venue. [slideshow_deploy id=’29229′] The building was an acclaimed architecture gem of Victorian Leeds, a major