What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
[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
Here’s a roundup of local community policing issues reported by the City and Holbeck Neighbourhood Policing teams. For more on the work and priorities of the NPTs in your community, click on the links below. Beeston The latest White Rose Residents’ Association meeting was held at the Two Willows Children’s Centre.
South Leeds Life readers have an exciting opportunity to help name some of the rooms at a major new facility opening later this month. Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre is a £1.6 million facility in the heart of Middleton which offers an exciting opportunity for new and existing businesses in the
Middleton councillor Geoff Driver has called on local residents to have their say on a controversial planning application to demolish the landmark Middleton Arms pub and replace it with a new Aldi supermarket. As we reported earlier this week, Leeds City Council planners initially recommended that the application be turned down,
Hunslet Club Boxer Terry Broadbent brought some South Leeds sporting talent to the TV screens when he reached the quarter finals of Prize Fighter live on Sky Sports on Weds October 12th in front of a tv audience of hundreds of thousands, he put up a great fight but was
Your safe, ethical and local financial co-operative Leeds City Credit Union is open in Belle Isle. Bringing its full range of financial serices, the credit union offers: Savings plans Current accounts Low cost loans Bill paying services Insurance services Life insurance on your savings and loans Professional, friendly service. To
A blazing hot competition to spark the imagination of pupils at schools across south Leeds has been launched by Leeds City Council with support from the White Rose Centre and its owner Land Securities. Pupils are being invited to produce a poster themed around Bonfire Night and fireworks, which will help
Here’s the latest round-up of what’s making South Leeds tick this week… There’s a report from the latest meeting of the Beeston Hill Residents’ Voice group over on the group’s blog. The next meeting will include a visit from an accredited landlord, who will talk about the proposed changes to
The Friends And Relatives of Hunslet Cemetery Group have been debating what fencing they would like to help secure the area from vandals. The group is holding a debate and vote over on their Facebook page on what fencing they would like to see. Member Eileen Leach says: “Thank you
Proposals to build an Aldi supermarket on the site of the landmark Middleton Arms pub have been deferred by councillors. The plans, which were recommended for refusal by planning officers, were deferred for a month by councillors deciding the application to allow them time to visit the site for themselves before