What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
People are being asked for their views on plans for £7.06 million of new cycling routes across Leeds, as part of Leeds City Council’s plans aimed to encourage more people to travel by bike, in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The new plans add 7kms of cycle lanes,
Hunslet RLFC’s AGM took place for the first time last Friday (22 January 2021) on a virtual platform. After a strange year for Rugby supporters the club outlined how it has coped and is coping with the current Covid pandemic and Lockdown rules. After a disappointing 2019 season, 2020 looked
Organisers of the hugely popular public art installation on Leeds Waterfront we are looking to add and celebrate further Leeds Heroes, and they want your help. In 2021 a further three Leeds Heroes will be added to the popular public art instalment on Leeds Waterfront. Leeds has produced many great
Persistant rainfall across West Yorkshire as a result of Storm Christoph has led to the Environment Agency issuing a Flood Alert for the River Aire including Holbeck, Hunslet and Stourton. The River Aire was measured at 0.98m in Leeds City Centre at 11:30am this morning (19 January 2021), up from
The pandemic has proven one thing that nobody can deny: that we have outstanding community spirit in South Leeds. I want to take this opportunity to celebrate the groups and individuals who do not always have the spotlight shone on them – but very much deserve our recognition. They are
Artist Anthony Burrill and In Good Company Give Leeds a Seven Storey Message of Unity for 2021 Huge new mural offers a positive message to kickstart the year In Good Company, a Wunderkind Group initiative, today (11 January 2021) unveiled a new 88ft-high mural designed by internationally renowned graphic artist
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. Please note that due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak Leeds City Council is not accepting written representations made by post. Please make any comments online and address them to
Despite not being able to operate trains at present, Middleton Railway is pressing on with three major projects which have been funded via the two Lottery Grants received earlier this year. The major project is the construction of a new Mezzanine Floor in their ‘Engine House’, led by volunteer and
If you walk south from Lower Briggate to cross Leeds Bridge the first building to be seen on your left has two plaques on the north facing wall. One of these, a Blue one to Louis le Prince who took the world’s first successful moving picture of traffic on Leeds
Highways England have been trumpeting their work along the M621 in Hunslet and Belle Isle to erect noise barriers, but the residents the barriers are designed to help are less than impressed. In a press release issued before Christmas the agency described the barriers as an “innovative noise and safety