What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A review of bus services in the Belle Isle and Middleton areas is being carried out by Metro, Middleton Park Ward Councillors and bus operator First. The consultation will see if improvements can be made to the local network and if passengers’ needs are being met. Online and email consultations
In September South Leeds Life reported: There will be a report to the Council’s Executive Board in October, followed by public consultation on the “options” because that its what we were told at the Council’s Inner South Area Committee. However, there was no report to the Executive Board at
The following article first appeared on the West Yorkshire Trading Standards blog here. Debt Awareness Week 2014 (20-26 January), is a new national campaign to get people talking about the money worries that keep them awake at night. The campaign, involving organisations across the UK, sees organisations and support
Residents in Middleton have been connected to fibre optic broadband following a successful campaign backed by local Councillors and local MP Hilary Benn. Councillors Kim Groves and Paul Truswell (Labour, Middleton Park) visited the New Forest Village estate in Middleton to see the ‘switch on’ of two new superfast
My Belle Isle…… I was born in Larchfield Street off Hunslet Road, Hunslet, and Leeds in 1949. For the ones who can remember the area, Larchfield Street was down the side of the Prince Albert Pub. It was near the Wilkinson’s Wallpaper Shop, which is still standing, sadly the pub
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Lantern Festival in Cross Flatts Park Residents and school children will be lighting up Cross Flatts Park on Friday (13 December 2013) and singing Christmas Carols with the Salvation Army band. You are encouraged to bring a lantern or a light, but no candles or naked flames please. Refreshments
Members of the Friends of Stank Hall Barn attended the Council’s Inner South Area Committee last night (11 December 2013) to ask for help in their dealing’s with the Council’s City Development department. Since forming in February at a meeting organised by South Leeds Life and holding a
This article by West Yorkshire Trading Standards first appeared on their blog. Students at Middleton Primary are helping the Illegal Money Lending Team and West Yorkshire Trading Standards “Bite Back” at the loan sharks in their community, by taking part in an innovative “design a mug” competition. Pupils in
There has been a host of Christmas activities over the last week and South Leeds Life reporters have there to capture the excitement. [slideshow_deploy id=’21221′] Photos by: Lucy Potter, Stephen Williamson and Jeremy Morton Last Wednesday (4 December 2013) saw children from the local primary schools join with residents