What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Would you like to have a say in how South Leeds Life blog is run? Would you be interested in contributing posts about life in South Leeds? Then a meeting next Tuesday, November 1, is right up your street! We’re holding one of our regular review meetings to discuss the blog
The South Leeds blogosphere has had three new additions this week. In Holbeck, the Voice of Holbeck community group, which discusses local issues and makes environmental improvements, now has a blog featuring reports and previews of meetings. Its latest post previews the South Leeds Photowalk for the Looking Good Holbeck
A planning application has been submitted to convert the King’s Arms public house in Holbeck into flats. The building is a Grade Two listed building. According to the ‘SOUTH HOLBECK HISTORIC CHARACTERISATION STUDY’ dated October 2008, of which Leeds City Council is a co-author, it is recommended that ‘to retain the integrity
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTt88OjbFWs&w=420&h=315]Jason Slack, Funding & Marketing Officer at the Hunslet Club being interviewed on BBC Radio Leeds on October 14th 2011 by Jake Yapp, following the release of government statistics revealing one in five children in Leeds are living in poverty. You can check out Leeds blogger Mike Chitty’s post on child
A massive regeneration scheme in south Leeds is one step closer after the Government gave its long-awaited approval for the project to move forward. The £180m housing PFI project to revitalise the neighbourhoods of Little London, Beeston Hill & Holbeck has been subject to a government Value for Money review
Join the Leeds Photo Hunt as it takes a tour to the south of the city, opening up venues along the way from local places of worship, to community groups and pavilions mixed in amongst the ordinary, everyday life. If you love south Leeds or have a passion for street
Temple Mill on Marshall Street in Holbeck, Hunslet Mill on Goodman Street in Hunslet and Holbeck Conservation Area are all falling into decay, according to a report in today’s YEP. The three landmark sites have been identified as ‘at risk’ in the largest-ever research project into the condition of England’s
Members of the SPLASH campaign, who are lobbying to have South Leeds Sports Centre reopened, met last night at Hillside to plot their latest protest. Members agreed to hold the event at noon on Bonfire Night – November 5 – with a ‘V For Vendetta’ theme. This morning Splash issued the
Members of The Bridge group for people with learning disabilities has enjoyed a tour around Holbeck and Holbeck Urban Village. Group members have taken photographs for the Looking Good Holbeck and Beeston Project, which showcases positive photography of the Holbeck and Beeston areas from the eyes of local residents. Taking
Police are appealing for witnesses after a serious road traffic collision this morning in south Leeds. The incident happened at 8.02am on Meadow Lane at its junction with Victoria Road. A DAF Box van was travelling south along Meadow Lane going towards Dewsbury Road when it was in collision with a