What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
With our fourth College term just beginning, we’ve all been working hard at Slung Low HQ and are very much looking forward to seeing you here at the club, for a pint, a soda, a college course, a play or even an alien adventure! On Saturday (19 October 2019) we
The Holbeck Residents Association met last night (10 October 2019) at The Holbeck club to discuss issues concerning their local area as well as receive updates from relevant services about changes and actions they are taking on previously discussed issues. There was a great mix of people who attended the
An operation targeting drug dealing and other criminality in south Leeds has seen four people arrested and drugs recovered in a series of raids. Officers from neighbourhood policing teams across Leeds focused their attention on Holbeck, Beeston and Beeston Hill this morning (9 October 2019) as part of Operation Momentum,
Last November Beeston and Holbeck marked the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War with a service of Remembrance at Holbeck Cemetery. Organisers decided to make this an annual event and shortly afterwards Cllr Angela Gabriel and The Friends Of Holbeck Cemetery launched a project to knit
The annual Light Night festival on Thursday and Friday (10 & 11 October 2019) will feature art installations around The Tetley and The Royal Armouries in Hunslet; and the ‘Temple Quarter’ around Temple Works and Water Lane in Holbeck. More than 60 incredible artistic creations are set to wow expected
There is a difference between active listening and passive listening and both have their uses and place in conversation. When it comes to the subject of the Managed Approach, which has been seated in Holbeck, many people in the community feel their complaints are listened to, but not actively with
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 30 September 2019: Listed Building Application for internal alterations including repairs to stonework, roof and guttering, removal of suspended
The latest recipient of a Leeds Civic trust blue plaque is The Holbeck. Known by most people as the Holbeck Working Men’s Club, it is the oldest such club in the country. It began life in 1871 as a community organisation with less than a hundred members. Into the 20th