What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council has announced further delays to the PFI-funded scheme to bring new housing to Holbeck and Beeston Hill. The latest delay has apparently been caused by the government requiring the Council and the contractors to find different funding to that which they had in place. The Council has
The recent announcement about an ice rink near Leeds United Football Ground started me wondering where the proposed Park and Ride scheme for the area would be and what impact these developments would have on the area. A permanent ice rink for the city is long overdue. It is a
The annual Hunslet Club Fitness Challenge in aid of youth club trips and St Gemma’s Hospice took place on Saturday 9th February with almost 50 members of the South Leeds community sweating it out for 2 hours doing box fit, circuits and more. You can see video highlights of how
Last Tuesday, Holbeck In Bloom joined forces with Beeston In Bloom to tackle some overgrown shrubbery on St Anthony’s Drive in Beeston. There was some serious pruning and clearing of the greenery next to Hugh Gaitskell Primary School and Beeston Village Community Centre. [slideshow_deploy id=’13837′] Thanks to Linda Stanley from
The Hunslet Club this weekend hosted its’ sponsored Zumbathon in aid of its youth trips and St Gemma’s Hospice. Scores of people took part in a gruelling two hours of zumba and fitness instruction at the club. Says organiser Phillipa Ranger, “Thank you so much to everyone who took part,
Two weeks ago Steve Peacock posted about the possible effects of the Council’s Core Transport Strategy on roads in Holbeck. South Leeds Life has been in touch with councillors for Beeston & Holbeck ward and Cllr David Congreve has issued the following statement: “The plan referred to is the Emerging
South Leeds residents have still got time to grab a last minute place at the Hunslet Club Sponsored ZumbaThon this Saturday 2nd February in aid of the club and St Gemma’s Hospice. Two hours of exhilarating, Latin-inspired calorie burning dance fitness at one of the most popular zumba venues in
There was standing room only at St Lukes Church last night as the new Vicar of Holbeck and Hunslet Moor was welcomed to the Church at a special service presided over by The Bishop of Ripon and Leeds. Revd. Alistair Kaye is no stranger to the area and in his
Following another big fall of snow on Friday night, families were out in force this morning. Cross Flatts Park rang to the screams of joy from the toboggan slope as children made the most of the snow before the predicted thaw. We’ve taken the opportunity to update our slide show
Tony Harrison’s controversial poem “V” is in the news again. A programme is being made and an updated version of the poem will be read by Harrison on Radio 4 next month. The poem is controversial because of the liberal use of four letter words – the words Harrison found