What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
Leeds rapper Wilko Wilkes keeps churning out creativity and is back with the sixth instalment of his collection with a thriller set in Leeds City Centre! Stalked by a Stranger is a story told from the first-person in which Wilkes goes to Leeds City centre to buy some clothes ahead
Support and advice about council services across Leeds is being given to help steer the city through the new national lockdown. After the latest restrictions came into force earlier this week (5 January 2021), teams across the council have been working to ensure access to services remains as accessible as
Parents and carers have until next Friday (15 January 2021) to submit their applications for their child’s primary school reception place for September 2021. The simple and secure application form can be completed online at www.leeds.gov.uk/apply. There are other options for those without access to online facilities and these can
More care home residents and vulnerable people in Leeds will be offered protection against Covid-19, as the new Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine starts to be rolled out to GP-centres. Local GPs are working together to provide vaccinations to as many care home residents and patients aged 80 as possible. In Leeds,
Beeston and Holbeck councillors Gohar Almass, Angela Gabriel and Andrew Scopes have warmly welcomed the Your Space mental health service’s efforts to adapt to Covid-19 restrictions and deliver support online. The Your Space service, based in the Jamyang Buddhist Centre in Holbeck and covering the areas of Holbeck, Hunslet, Beeston,
People get very passionate about where they live. Which is great, because it often inspires us into community action – and we should celebrate that there’s plenty of that here in south Leeds. But scratch below the surface, or simply get debating on social media (!) and there’s a load
Covid and the ensuing lockdown hit leisure time pretty hard last year and although elite sport can ride the storm things are much more difficult for community clubs. Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club had a summer of events wiped out, but have plans to more than make up for it next