What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Pon4q18aM&w=560&h=315] Middleton-based DAZL dance group have been going all hip hop as the as this video of their group filmed at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre shows. If you’re a young person aged 3 – 25 years living in Leeds and fancy trying out the latest dance styles, why not check
As more people report their south Leeds dog fouling problems in our Scoop It Up campaign, today we’re focussing on our interactive dog fouling map, which has so far had more than 500 views in just over a week. The map, which you can see below, allows readers to chart
Our Scoop It Up campaign, which is targeting dog fouling in South Leeds, is already having an impact. Remember we mentioned last week about problems with dog fouling on streets leading to the parks where they’re due to be walked? One reader has already reported problems anonymously to Leeds City Council
Here’s a first for the Hunslet Club, recently a film crew descended on our Boxing Gym to film parts of a music video by Toby Gale. The scenes are set in the 1980’s and the producers, South Leeds based production company Crown & Owls, have done a fantastic job of back-dating
[slideshow]Members of the Middleton Life history project enjoyed a trip to the world’s oldest continuously working commercial railway on Saturday. Unlike our trip to Middleton Park on Wednesday, the weather stayed mostly dry at Middleton Railway. We were treated to a talk on the history of the railway by one
The Middleton Arms is now nothing but rubble. The 87-year-old pub has been a real landmark in the area, but bulldozers completed the job on Saturday. The site will now be cleared before work starts on building a new Aldi store. There are some more photos and reaction on the Middleton
[googlemaps http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=208104848291920538910.0004a635bd22fe31716e3&ie=UTF8&t=m&source=embed&ll=53.750284,-1.54654&spn=0.015531,0.000343&output=embed&w=425&h=350] Our map of local community groups and organisations in Soiuth Leeds is proving very popular. Since we launched it a few months ago, dozens of local groups have added their details to the map, which has been viewed more than 1,500 times so far. The latest group to
The new Leeds Online blog – if you haven’t seen it yet check it out, it’s ace! – has run a post about a Leeds Question Time debate on April 30 which will give Leeds residents the opportunity to debate the question: Does Leeds need an elected mayor? There’s been a
Problems with dog fouling have been raised by the Friends of Hunslet Cemetery on their Facebook group. Member Lorraine Paul posted a photo of dog much in the cemtery and added: “Went to cemetery today – look what I found two graves away from my mam and dads. Absolutely disgusting.”
We are delighted to announce that Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre (Acre Close, Middleton, LS10 4HX) will be hosting its first tea dance on: Wednesday 25th April, 1.00pm – 3.30pm, writes Katherine Scarr. The first Tea Dance will be FREE and £3 thereafter. Refreshments will also be available for a small