What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The community of South Leeds is warmly invited to a fireworks display at the Hunslet Club this coming Saturday November 5th, fun for all the family opening 6pm onwards with bar & refreshments with the display setting off with a bang from 7:30 onwards followed by an after-party till late.
Leeds councillors will on Thursday decide whether to grant planning permission for controversial plans to demolish the historic Middleton Arms pub and replace it with a new Aldi store. The proposals – which are recommended for refusal by council planning officers – were originally discussed by members of the east plans
There’e a busy week of community meetings and events coming up in the next seven days… Tuesday, November 1 Would you like to contribute to South Leeds Life? You’re welcome to our next blog meeting at the new Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre, meeting room three, Acre Close, Middleton at 10am.
Councillors have spoken out against plans by a communications giant to erect a new mobile phone mast in the middle of a residential area in the heart of Middleton. Middleton Park Ward councillors Geoff Driver, Judith Blake and Kim Groves have criticised a planning application from telecommunications company Vodafone to
The folks at the Hamara Healthy Living Centre, on Tempest Road, Beeston, have announced the launch their 2011 community awards. So get nominating! This is an excerpt from their website… “We are approaching that time of the year again, where we get to nominate a special individual from the community
The long awaited Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre in Middleton will be officially opened tomorrow by Hilary Benn MP and Councillor Keith Wakefield, leader of Leeds City Council. Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre, which is owned by the council, will be managed by local charity Health for All. Development of the £1.6million
This has been posted on the West Yorkshire Police website: In July 2011 we held a Community Consultation Event where we provided an update on plans to develop the site at the former Greyhound Stadium at Elland Road, Leeds. Two organisations have been asked to submit final tenders. We anticipate that approval
Would you like to have a say in how South Leeds Life blog is run? Would you be interested in contributing posts about life in South Leeds? Then a meeting next Tuesday, November 1, is right up your street! We’re holding one of our regular review meetings to discuss the blog
The South Leeds blogosphere has had three new additions this week. In Holbeck, the Voice of Holbeck community group, which discusses local issues and makes environmental improvements, now has a blog featuring reports and previews of meetings. Its latest post previews the South Leeds Photowalk for the Looking Good Holbeck
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTt88OjbFWs&w=420&h=315]Jason Slack, Funding & Marketing Officer at the Hunslet Club being interviewed on BBC Radio Leeds on October 14th 2011 by Jake Yapp, following the release of government statistics revealing one in five children in Leeds are living in poverty. You can check out Leeds blogger Mike Chitty’s post on child