What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Customers of Leeds City Council will soon benefit from faster, more convenient access to services, after senior councillors gave the nod for work to begin on a new customer services transformation programme. At yesterday’s meeting of the executive board, councillors approved an investment of £12 million over three and a
SAA-uk Presents: Leeds Summer Solstice 2025 – A Night of Indian Classical Music Beneath the Stars South Asian Arts-uk (SAA-uk) is proud to announce the return of Leeds Summer Solstice, now in its 14th year, and promising the most extraordinary edition yet. This immersive, all-night celebration of Indian Classical Music
Forward Leeds, the city’s alcohol and drug service, will celebrate 10 years of supporting individuals and communities across Leeds with a series of Open House events this summer. To mark a decade of delivering vital services, Forward Leeds is inviting the public behind the scenes for a unique opportunity to
Mythbusting Leeds rock and pop band Sky Fallers celebrate their 10th anniversary with a special concert on Tuesday (17 June 2025) at Headrow House, as part of Leeds Learning Disability Week. Sky Fallers feature highly talented learning disabled singers and musicians. Playing classic songs, they achieve great performance standards, break
Families will be consulted on a shake-up of children’s centres which could see services run with fewer buildings and staff. Leeds City Council said it could save £2.45m after launching a review of the future of 56 centres. Plans include a workforce re-organisation, more sharing of buildings and some services for families
We all deserve to live in happy, healthy, and clean neighbourhoods. Our local environment is a huge factor to our wellbeing; unfortunately both are trashed by problematic waste and fly-tipping. Litter and fly-tipping continues to dominate conversations I have with folks across South Leeds. The issue is chronic, and appears
Productivity and growth are buzzwords on the lips of society’s so called leaders at all times. Many from all sides, take a sneering swipe across the bows of the working class vessels when they talk about getting people into working again.
A new report has set out the impressive results being achieved by Leeds’s Council Housing Growth Programme (CHGP) – and the plans that mean the city is perfectly placed to keep building on that success. Middleton has already benefited with a large development on the site formerly occupied by Throstle
In March this year over 2,000 people attended the inaugural We Demand Change Summit of Resistance in London and on Sunday (15 June 2025) West Yorkshire is hosting its own We Demand Change summit at Beaver Works in Hunslet. Attendees will be joining for a packed day of workshops, panels
South Leeds man and running club founder Dean Smith has completed a 44-mile ultra-marathon and raised over £5,000 for Combat Stress, a charity which helps former servicemen and women deal with issues like trauma, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. The D-Day 44 Challenge commemorates the 1944 Allied invasion of