What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The NHS in West Yorkshire is urging people to plan ahead for their healthcare needs as it prepares for extended strike action by doctors later this week. The next planned junior doctors’ action is over five days from Thursday 13 to Tuesday 18 July 2023. This will be followed by
The Council’s Youth Service will once again be running a host activities during the school holidays for children in the three South Leeds Wards: Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park. Many of the activities are free whilst trips are highly subsidised thanks to funding from Councillors on
Do you ever find yourself overthinking? Y’know, that feeling of being a hamster endlessly running on a wheel, constantly revisiting the same thoughts. The unrelenting, draining process, of a never-ending cycle that offers no progress or relief, no matter how many times it’s repeated. A problem with more questions than
Now Summer’s officially here, Stephen Porter, Head of Member Experience at Leeds Credit Union, looks at some of the best and most inexpensive upcoming events for families to enjoy in Leeds and the surrounding area over the coming months. Barely a day goes by without an exciting event taking place
Local employers gathered at a recent Leeds College of Building event to learn more about the growing demand for green skills in construction. The employer breakfast welcomed a range of construction stakeholders and focussed on green skills gaps, the College’s training, and exciting opportunities to collaborate. Around 35 guests attended the
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. This week we start at Middleton Park Circus where the Middleton Makers’ Market will be setting up their stalls to sell you
We have been distributing copies of our July-August newspaper to 200 pick up points around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (6 July 2023). Copies are available from various food shops including Dewsbury Road Tescos as well as many small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs and Libraries, community centres,
If you’d told me at the start of the week that I would be speaking in a debate on concrete mixers, I might have thought it unlikely. But that’s exactly what I did recently to stand up for a local company called Mixamate that operates in South Leeds and beyond,
During the first lockdown I had a change of bowel habit, which was unusual for me, constant loose motions for weeks. I contacted my GP who sent me for a colonoscopy, I was not thinking it could be anything than a bit of something and nothing. It showed a polyp
with Inspector Mark Gamlyn I’d like to start my first column for South Leeds Life by introducing myself to you all. I’m Mark Gamlyn and I’m the new Neighbourhood Inspector for South Leeds. Having originally started my career with Nottinghamshire Police, I moved up to West Yorkshire seven years ago