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South Leeds Life is proud to be co-launching a new local campaign for 2022, for south Leeds people to pledge to take action on climate change. Run in association with the ‘Our Future Beeston’ group (but open to anyone in LS10 or LS11), the campaign – called the ‘South Leeds
Last month we found out about the Old Leeds Bridge, here’s the story of the New Leeds Bridge: The Mayor, Alderman J Barran, performed the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the New Leeds Bridge on 20 September 1871. The members of the Corporation in their robes of office
The Hunslet Club’s new timetable for 2022 features 103 activities every week including two brand new sessions. The first new session will begin at 4pm on Monday 10 January. A session brought to the club from the suggestion of our current members and social media following. Dance For Tots will
I’ve had the same new year’s resolution for as long as I can remember, lose weight, and earn more money. On paper they both seem achievable, however as I write this, my lockdown bulge of 2020 is still evident and there’s mothballs in my purse. Does that make me a
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start on New Year’s morning in Cross Flatts Park where there will be a special parkrun with runners and walkers tackling
We all know that South Leeds is the most interesting part of Leeds, if not the universe. The issues we get to report on range from national issues like High Speed Rail and new approaches to managing prostitution to covering retiring vicars and teachers and the building of cycle lanes.
Well that’s pretty much it from all of us at South Leeds Life for this year. We will have a roundup of 2021’s top news stories for you next week and report on any important breaking stories and we will return with our normal service on Tuesday 4 January. We
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. There is a big caveat of course, that the Government might yet change the rules about events due to the developing Covid
Leeds City Council have developed a new way of lowering the cost of evening burials by reducing the price for lighting. This has been achieved by offsetting the purchase costs for two new sets of tower lights over the next five years, rather than annually hiring lighting. This has allowed
People in Leeds are being urged to grab their booster jab before New Year, as the NHS goes all out to protect the city against the Omicron variant. Vaccination centres will be open throughout the festive break so that people can get a jab while they are off work or