What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 10 November 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Erection of unit (converted shipping container)
Children from Lane End Primary School took part in this year’s Remembrance Day ceremony at the Leeds War Memorial on Sunday 9 November proudly representing schools from across the city. Lane End was given the honour of laying the official poppy wreath on behalf of all Leeds schools, a moment
Communities across South Leeds are preparing for the festive season with a series of events to switch on Christmas Lights starting this week. The first communitiy to illuminate will be Hunslet as Hunslet Tenants and Residents Association have organised to switch on the lights in Hunslet Square, outside the Library,
Leeds Art Gallery and Pyramid, a Holbeck-based arts organisation, are proud to announce a new collaborative show that responds to the work of John Atkinson Grimshaw and features artwork by artists with learning disabilities and autism. Titled Pyramid View On … John Atkinson Grimshaw, the artistic response opens on Friday
Two people have been sentenced for modern slavery offences after women were trafficked from Romania to the UK to work as sex workers in West Yorkshire. Costel Tambac and Mariana Iova were jailed today after being found guilty by a jury following a trial in July. The pair, both Romanian
PLATFORM_, in partnership with the Lloyds-backed equity investor Housing Growth Partnership (HGP), has marked the topping out of its landmark 451-home Build to Rent (BTR) development at Sweetfields, on Sweet Street in Holbeck. The milestone represents significant progress in delivering high-quality, professionally managed rental homes to the South Bank Regeneration
The closure of 18 children’s centres is set to go ahead after a failed bid to have the decision re-considered. Opposition councillors challenged a plan to reduce the number of Leeds City Council-run centres to 31 under plans to save £2.45m. The Labour-run authority pointed out that Leeds would still
Police investigating an offence of rape are appealing for information on Daniel Delaney. Delaney, 28, is wanted in connection with the matter, which is reported to have occurred at an address in the Holbeck area of Leeds in July last year. He is also wanted on suspicion of breaching a
A new Premier Inn hotel will help boost the city centre economy after plans were agreed with the council. Permission was sought to convert Verity House, on Canal Wharf in Holbeck, into a 131-bed hotel. Extensions will be added to the former office building as part of the project by
Come and join us on Holbeck Moor on Saturday 8 November for a day jam-packed full of ways to get moving and enjoy being outdoors with members of your community right here in the green heart of Holbeck! Funded by the Inner South Community Committee, and with thanks to the