What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
UPDATED 4pm, Wednesday 15 July 2020 Leeds City Council has postponed the reopening of the first five playgrounds, including Middleton Park, as it needs “more time to undertake further assessment work.” Original article: The children’s playground in Middleton Park will reopen tomorrow (Thursday 16 July 2020), one of just five
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. Please note that due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak Leeds City Council is not accepting written representations made by post. Please make any comments online and address them to
Backbench Councillors on the Children and Families Scrutiny Board have released the decision to spend almost £7 million on extending Cockburn School, which will now be implemented. The original decision was made by the Executive Board on 24 June 2020 by Conservative Councillors ‘called it in’ for scrutiny. The Board
A supermarket in Middleton has teamed up with a local foodbank to collect food to help the area’s most vulnerable through Covid-19. Colleagues at Asda Middleton have helped launch the drive to collect food donations at the store, as part of a nationwide drive by the supermarket chain. Shoppers will be able to donate much-needed supplies
In the 1830’s there was a movement towards social reform, especially towards the employment of children in the burgeoning industry of the early industrial revolution. In 1833 Parliament enacted the Factory Act which prevented the employment of children under nine from working in textile mills. Following this was a campaign
More than fifty residents joined the Bishop of Kirkstall and other faith leaders to show their support for staff at Sunnyview House in Beeston on Thursday afternoon (2 July 2020). The event was part of a day of action campaigning for the real Living Wage. Leeds Citizens, a local branch
Cockburn School and Leeds City Council are building strong foundations for the future of 300 Year 7 students so that local children can attend their local school. In March, South Leeds Life reported that Cockburn School joined local councillors and the council to work closely together to find ways to
Local people have found themselves increasingly at loggerheads over the wellbeing of the much-loved family of swans, currently nesting in the Middleton Park lake – and whether their safety trumps the rights of those wanting to fish there. As previously reported, the swans first made their home there – on
Councillors approved the £6.8 million development of Cockburn School at the Executive Board meeting this afternoon, but Cllr Carter pledged to have the decision ‘called in’ for scrutiny. As we reported last week, the proposals will see a ten-classroom block built to accommodate a two form ‘bulge cohort’ over the
Many people have died in this Coronavirus pandemic, and one of the great sadnesses is that we haven’t been able to come together to say goodbye and to give thanks for their lives. And when it’s someone who has been a big part, not only of our family, but also