What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Three of South Leeds’ many community groups were recepients of this year’s St Luke’s CARES Community Awards. The top award, worth £1,000, went to Supreme Starlets. The majorettes group from Middleton work with a mix of children including those with a learning difficulty. Supreme Starlets were delighted to win saying the
Mrs Beeston’s Cookbook reported in South Leeds Life in March aims to capture the rich diverse cuisines of south Leeds. Contributing to the blog requires sending your recipes via email, however not everyone can access the internet or has an email address so the opportunity to meet people face to face
White Rose Shopping Centre will celebrate the wizarding world on Saturday 25 May – with magical props and an enchanted 1960s’ Ford Anglia. For one day only, shoppers and fans of Harry Potter are invited to White Rose’s Central Atrium, where wizarding props and the iconic blue car will be
Yorkshire families in debt are under increased pressure of relationship breakdown and struggle to provide the basics for their children, says a new report released this month by Christians Against Poverty (CAP). The charity’s Changing Perceptions report reveals that debt has caused arguments for more than three quarters of Yorkshire
With the Spring bank holiday just around the corner, health professionals from NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are encouraging residents to plan ahead to stay well. Anyone who takes regular medication and needs a repeat prescription should order it in advance to make sure they have enough medication to
The choices for birthing in Leeds have opened up to more appealing options as I discovered in my role as Chair of the Maternity Voices Partnerships (MVP) at Women’s Health Matters. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has opened its doors to the new Alongside Midwifery Led unit (AMU) at the
The play Be My Baby was first performed in 1997, is set in the 1960s, and yet here it is being staged twenty two years after it debuted and still being relevant in the present, where arguments over women’s bodies are playing out in the here and now. The set
‘Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine’ is the latest family-friendly show from Leeds theatre company Tutti Frutti, that my daughter Emily (4) and I saw today at the Carriageworks Theatre. We were the official South Leeds Life press team, and treated accordingly – being ushered around to meet the actors
THhe countdown has started to the Race for Life events at Temple Newsam, with just two weeks left until the big weekend. This year, for the first time, Cancer Research UK is inviting everyone – men, women and children – to join the Race for Life over the weekend of
Having been out with the bin men in Cottingley, I was keen to see what happens to the rubbish they collect. I got the opportunity to have a tour of the Leeds Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility (which is the massive building with a shiny roof you can see in