What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Women in Leeds are being urged not to delay taking part in cervical screening during the coronavirus pandemic through the launch of a new safety video. Cancer Wise Leeds, a programme funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research and delivered in partnership with Leeds Cancer Programme, has produced the Safe Screening for
Leeds City Council’s refuse team has made positive progress in collecting the high number of bins that could not be emptied last week due to heavy snowfall and subsequent icy conditions on roads, streets and footpaths. It is estimated that over 100,000 bins were missed. Teams were operating over the
A brilliant way of recycling empty crisp packets and helping homeless people has begun in Leeds and needs your help. Emma from Belle Isle spotted the project in Hastings and decided to bring it to Leeds. The project uses used crisp packets with the silver linings, ironing them together and
Due to the ongoing impact of Covid-19, Foster4Leeds, Leeds City Council’s fostering service, are urgently seeking to increase the number of foster carers available to care for children and young people throughout the city. The council works extremely hard to continually recruit local foster carers. The number of families fostering
The new UK Covid-19 variant is now believed to be responsible for around one in every five cases of the virus detected in Leeds, new figures have revealed. Residents and communities across the city are being urged to stay home whenever possible and keep contact with others to an absolute
We had quite a fall of snow yesterday (14 January 2021). It caused travel problems for some, but others – especially the young and the young-at-heart – took the opportunity to go out and play. We put a call out to readers to send us their photos and here they
Due to the very difficult frozen snow and icy conditions on roads and paths resulting from the heavy snow yesterday, bin collections are suspended today (Friday 15 January 2021). Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) will also remain closed. We are continuing to review closely the weather forecast and conditions on
Leeds City Council’s gritting teams have been working flat out to keep local roads safe following today’s heavy snowfall (14 January 2021). Gritting of primary routes – around 800 miles of road – took place at 4.30am and 8am this morning, with pre-emptive grits at 4pm and 7.30pm yesterday. A
Due to heavy snow creating unsafe driving and walking conditions on many residential streets, and with the forecast for further heavy snowfall, refuse collections have been stood down for the remainder of today (Thursday 14 January 2021). Those residents who didn’t get their bins emptied today are advised to put
Middleton based charity Health for All, which aims to help the poorest and most vulnerable communities in the city overcome the challenges of health inequality, poverty and isolation, has received a share of £9.5million of National Lottery funding to help recover from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. The £100,000