What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
If you don’t fancy exercise bikes and weights rooms, have you thought about getting your exercise by gardening at a ‘Green Gym’? As well as (gentle) exercise, going to the Green Gym is a great way to learn new skills and meet new people. Working on an allotment plot you
I went along to Hunslet Carr Residents Association meeting. Held on the first Thursday of the month. Normally don’t go into much talking in the meeting, but thought I would give my view on 2 subjects that came up. Number 1 was Fracking coming to Knostrop? A guy came to
Volunteers from Stourton-based One Subsea made a real difference when they turned out to help clear part of the riverside path and cycleway recently. [slideshow_deploy id=’54762′] On Friday 7 October they cleared the dried silt, left by the Boxing Day floods, off the targeted areas of the cycleway and path
On the evenings of the 27 and 28 October 2016, you can join the terrified Skelton Grange staff and volunteers for an evening of nightmarish encounters…. find out whether you are a born survivor – or are destined to join the ranks of the undead! Caroline Crossley, Skelton Grange manager
Senior councillors in Leeds will discuss an update report on the work carried out in response to the flooding caused by Storm Eva, which hit Hunslet and Stourton on Boxing Day, at a meeting next week. The council’s executive board meeting at Civic Hall on Wednesday 19 October will consider
The Conservation Volunteers in Leeds have been very busy of late, working with a brilliant bunch of volunteers to create a new vegetable garden, a bare foot trail, new meadows, installing bee hives and bird boxes and generally having a fantastic time. They plan to celebrate these achievements by flinging
Residents from the H2010 riverside development in Hunslet put their efforts into helping the clean up following the Boxing Day floods in Leeds. [slideshow_deploy id=’53235′] Storm Eva led to record river levels and a huge amount of debris was taken downstream by the fast flowing River Aire. Much of that
Community charity Groundwork Leeds have been busy with corporate volunteers from Direct Line Group, ARUP, Skill Mill and Yorkshire Water as they have joined Canal and River Trust Staff, Leeds City Council Environmental Services Locality Team and Thwaite Mills Museum, to clear up the litter and debris that has collected
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following application was validated in the week beginning 15 August 2016: Variation of condition 13 (hours of use and deliveries) and condition 18 (trade counter use)
This Sunday (21 August 2016), Middleton Railway and Thwaite Mills will be participating in the 3rd Leeds Classic Bus Runday, with free vintage bus rides available across the city. The day will involve vintage buses running on two routes, as follows: Route 26 – Middleton Railway to Kirkstall Abbey, via