What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
With heavy rain overnight, expected to last until midnight Thursday (7 November 2019), the Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the Middle Aire Catchment which includes Holbeck, Hunslet and Stourton: Flooding is possible – be prepared River levels are rising steadily in response to persistent rainfall. Consequently, flooding
This Sunday (10 November 2019) is Remembrance Sunday and it will be marked by events across South Leeds. Following last year’s marking of 100 years since the end of the First World War, the service at Holbeck Cemetry (Beeston Road) will feature over 4,000 knitted and crocheted poppies that have
With heavy rain continuing this morning, the Environment Agency issued a flood alert for the Middle River Aire Catchment area, which includes Holbeck, Hunslet and Stourton, at 6:28am this morning (Saturday 26 October 2019). The River Aire at Crown Point Bridge had risen to 1.34m at 5:30am: high, but still
UPDATED 8:14am Monday 30 September 2019 The Flooding Information Service has updated its Flood Alert as more heavy rain is forecast for areas upstream later today. Last night river levels rose to dangerous levels before starting to fall in the early hours of this morning (30 September 2019). The river
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 23 September 2019: Alterations involving installation of external step lift to front 47 Cemetery Road Beeston Leeds LS11 8SU
As part of The Conservation Volunteers’ special 60th anniversary Big Green Weekend event, TCV in Leeds will be hosting an events to celebrate at Skelton Grange on Saturday (21 September 201 from 11am–4pm. This event is part of 60 local events across the UK, plus 5 flagship events, kindly supported
Matthew Murray High School is now no more than some ghostly marks on a field, and Murray’s name is in danger of disappearing too. Did you know why the school was named after him? Here’s a reminder about the man and a call to support an idea to give him
Asda and The Canal and River Trust have taken to the waters of the Leeds & Liverpool canal today to kick start a week-long litter pick which will involve hundreds of colleagues from Asda. The ‘Asda Big Canal Clean-up’ is one of the country’s largest ever, as volunteers aim to
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 26 August 2019: Extension to unit and demolition of two existing extensions Braithwaite Street Holbeck Leeds LS11 9XE Ref.
Toxic waste fluid from the UK’s only functioning fracking site in Lancashire was (and quite possibly still is) being brought to a local Leeds waste treatment plant, and the residue later discharged into the south Leeds water system with only limited safety tests, campaigners have discovered. FCC Environment run a