What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Good morning, south Leeds! Here’s what’s been making South Leeds tick this week on local blogs and websites… Holbeck in Bloom blog features some photos and a report from yesterday’s Yorkshire in Bloom judging – and features Beeston in Bloom and Holbeck in Bloom groups together with the Yorkshire in
It doesn’t seem a week ago we were swanning around in tee-shirts and shorts! But today slushy wet snow has hit south Leeds and is delaying traffic and bus services. 08.19am: Some of the minor roads are quite slippy – and there are reports traffic along Hunslet Road and Dewsbury
The SPLASH campaign to reopen South Leeds Sports Centre held a mock ‘Olympic torch’ event on Sunday. Here, Sally Cieslik thanks people for their support and details the campaign’s next steps. A big thank you to all 20 or so people who turned up and did the run – the
Police are appealing for information following an assault that occured outside the Morrisons supermarket at the Penny Hill Centre in Hunslet. The incident occured at around 1.30pm last Wednesday, March 28, when a 55-year-old man was sat in his blue pick-up truck when another man approached him and assaulted him. The victim
Trophies & medals galore were handed out on Sunday April 1st to the hundreds of talented Arts group members at the Hunslet Club, whilst the Performing Arts Saturday Club put on a fantastic stage show of highlights from the musical Annie! in front of a sell out crowd of over 300. Says Jason Slack
Do you run a community group in inner south Leeds? Well now’s the chance for you to apply for some cash! Community First is an £80 million government-funded initiative which will run until March 2015. The programme will help communities come together and identify their strengths and priorities in order to
A group of campaigners fighting to reopen South Leeds Sports Centre in Beeston have today held a mock Olympic torch run – and they claim a lack of sports facilities in the area will prevent local youngsters becoming Olympians of the future. The protest group, made up mainly of parents and
Residents of Beeston’s award-winning sustainable development, Greenhouse, will be supporting the annual Earth Hour Event tomorrow by coming together with their neighbours for a night of going back to basics. Getting involved with Saturday’s international initiative, ‘The Big Switch Off’, Greenhouse developers, Citu are inviting residents to come together in their
Two members of the Hunslet Club Wednesday night youth club, Kieran and Cameron present a video guided tour of their club, check it out, including our brand new state-of-the-art Games Zone! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVFUE7IQLnY] We reckon they could be the next Ant & Dec! The club has a busy weekend ahead with
Here’s our weekly roundup of what’s making south Leeds tick from other blogs and websites: Holbeck in Bloom blog about a very welcome donation from Santander and some of the latest work in the area. The show goes on – that’s the defiant message from the folks at Middleton Railway,