What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Staff at Beeston-based DePuy Synthes gave up their weekend back in July to take a walk or cycle challenge, raising over £10,000 for a local foodbank in the process. The Holbeck & Beeston foodbank has had support from DePuy staff for some years with Kerry Seymour and Catherine Hawkin personally
A 250m long mural depicting abstract elements and colour composition is close to completion on a key route into the city centre from south Leeds. The design of the mural is inspired by the weaving heritage of Leeds, abstract geometry and site specific shapes and symbols. When completed the artwork
White Rose Shopping Centre has announced the winners of its annual bonfire night poster design competition in association with Leeds City Council, which received more than 1,000 entries from ten schools across South Leeds. White Rose sponsors both the Middleton Park and Springhead Park, Rothwell bonfire events, where the winning
With heavy rain continuing this morning, the Environment Agency issued a flood alert for the Middle River Aire Catchment area, which includes Holbeck, Hunslet and Stourton, at 6:28am this morning (Saturday 26 October 2019). The River Aire at Crown Point Bridge had risen to 1.34m at 5:30am: high, but still
Holbeck-based independent brewery, Northern Monk, has released a quirky new product to the market – Hoppypop Cereal Milk IPA. The unique beer from the Leeds-based brew team claims to combine “your favourite flavours of childhood with your favourite flavours of adult life” into a 7.2% IPA filled with ‘milky goodness’.
Real People, Honest Talk is a project designed to bring people of different cultures and backgrounds in a community together to honestly and openly discuss real issues that are affecting them in their community. Run by Near Neighbours and piloted in Luton and the Black Country, the project has recently
Discussing topics such as caring for your elderly parents, grief and growing older, can be difficult to explore at the best of times but they will be addressing these topics head on in a trilogy of plays across Leeds in October and November. The first, Fighting For Life, will be
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 14 October 2019: Dormer window to front and rear 24 Grovehall Drive Beeston Leeds LS11 7LN Ref. No: 19/06329/FU
Leeds City Council recognises that migrant communities are valuable contributors to the city’s economy, culture and diversity. With this in mind, the Migration Team (who are based within the Communities team at Leeds City Council) have been hard at work developing several projects and have recently secured grant funding from
Councillors have agreed to lift traffic restrictions during high winds at Bridgewater Place after a period of extensive testing of the building owner’s solution to the wind problems there. Leeds City Council’s executive board today (16 October 2019) approved a report recommending that the high winds closure of the road