What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
MP Hilary Benn has said provisional proposals to carve up his Leeds Central contituency at the next general election ‘make no sense’. Boundary Commission proposals aimed at reducing the total number of Westminster MPs would see the current Leeds Central constituency – which covers much of ‘inner’ south Leeds and other
There’s a whole raft of important public meetings and events in South Leeds this week. As revealed by South Leeds Life last week, there are three public meetings to discuss plans for a new school on the site of the former South Leeds Sports Centre. The meetings are tomorrow (Monday) at
South Leeds Life is a collaborative blog. Eight of us, some linked to organisations, some not, got together last November to start writing about South Leeds. We get together every month or so to see how it’s going, share ideas, ask questions and generally see how we can improve things.
CIARA held its meeting at the Ingram Gardens Community Centre on Tuesday 13 September. The evening involved its normal bimonthly public meeting followed by the Annual General Meeting. In attendance were councillors Angela Gabriel and David Congreve. Also in attendance was Sergeant John Aldred on behalf of the West Yorkshire
Three public meetings are being held next week to discuss proposals for a potential new primary school for Beeston and Holbeck children on the site of the South Leeds Sports Centre. The meetings will take place next Monday at the Hamara Centre at 2pm, Tuesday at Tunstall Road Community Centre at 5.30pm
The back end of Hurricane Katia caused branches to come down on Holbeck Moor – glad I wasn’t sat in that seat when that branch broke! More details how the winds affected Leeds can be found here.
The Holbeck Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) is appealing for witnesses and information after a number of allotments on Kenneth Street, off Shafton Lane, were vandalised. Around 16 allotments are believed to have been attacked between 10pm last Tuesaday and 5.30am last Wednesday, with damage caused to windows, fencing, and animal pens such
Do you have photographs of South Leeds you’d like to share with the wider world? Well now’s your chance! We’ve set up a group pool on photo sharing site Flickr which is open to everyone to add their photographs of life in South Leeds to. You’ll need to set up
The Hunslet Club looks forward to welcoming back its 1000+ membership at the start of the new school term. While people have been on holiday the club has been busy extending the garages & bar, building an extra activity room and games room, redecorated the dance studios, put picnic tables & benches outside (thanks
There was a good turnout at last night’s Beeston Community Forum meeting as Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn addressed members at Beeston Village Community Centre. Here are some of the key points from the meeting: Hilary Benn MP Mr Benn said he had concerns over plans for a park and ride at