What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
So Leeds City Council are debating a climate emergency in Leeds. Excuse me if I don’t get excited because they are already misrepresenting their own debate. Let’s be clear what they mean: a climate crisis for the city centre, which they continue to gentrify at the expense of surrounding inner
Yesterday (27 March 2019) Leeds City Council declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ and called for a city wide ‘conversation’. This recognition of the grave threat of climate change comes against the backdrop of international school strikes (see below) and reports of species extinctions. Cllr Judith Blake (Middleton councillor and leader of
The Hunslet Club last Friday (22 March) hosted a busy night of amateur boxing, featuring top young boxers from the club and across the region in 14 hard-fought bouts. All the competitors deserve credit for their energy, and their gallantry – but special mention is due to the following local
White Rose Shopping Centre is hosting a celebration of mother figures of all kinds this weekend (30-31 March 2019). Visitors are invited to spend quality time together indulging in free pampering and frame-making crafts, which will include a personalised photograph to put in the frame. White Rose’s Superdrug nail bar
Thoughtless and irresponsible dog owners are the target of a campaign in South Leeds as local councillors in all three wards (Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park) paid for new signs to be displayed in problem areas. Following a trial by Keep Britain Tidy, the Councillors have
It’s great news for jobseekers as a training provider in Holbeck is offering nine fully-funded training courses in April. Established training provider Think Employment deliver a range of week-long pre-employment courses every month to people who wanted to upskill and find a new career, are offering them for free to
Unity and solidarity were on display in South Leeds this week as Muslims received support from fellow residents following the gun attack in New Zealand that left 50 people dead. Messages of support flooded in to committee members of Abu Huraira Mosque in Beeston from members of the Sikh, Jewish
The newly-reformed LS-Ten skatepark in Hunslet are next week (Friday 29 March 2019) holding a beer and wine tasting night, to help raise funds for their ongoing redevelopment. The event – named ‘Call my Bluff’ – will be hosted by Leeds Rhinos star Jamie Jones Buchanan (pictured), and will feature
White Rose Shopping Centre is hosting Leeds City Council’s Adults and Health Marketplace Event in the Central Atrium on Thursday 4 April from 10am–3pm. The event will raise awareness of the variety of adult social care services available in Leeds, especially in the south of the city. People from across
It is often said that the best food in Beeston is the food which is cooked at home – a hidden wealth and treasure conjured daily behind closed doors, but hinted at by the amazing smells which fill the traditional terraced streets. Mrs. Beeston’s Cook Book project sets out to