What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
Senior councillors in Leeds will be asked to approve a plan this week to guide all future development in the Aire Valley area of the city being put forward for government examination. The Aire Valley Leeds Area Action Plan, which covers 1,300 hectares of land to the south east of
The River Aire will be alive with activity this weekend (25 & 26 June 2016) as the Leeds Waterfront Festival takes over a host of venues including Thwaite Mills in Stourton; Leeds Dock, Brewery Wharf and The Tetley art gallery in Hunslet and Granary Wharf in Holbeck. There’s plenty of
Skelton Grange Environment Centre is recruiting another batch of Volunteer Officers, thanks to funding from the Big Lottery and National Grid. Run by the charity The Conservation Volunteers, access2nature is a five year project working to improve the life prospects and wellbeing of people in Leeds, by providing a range
These were not just volunteers, these were Marks & Spencer’s volunteers! Four community groups in South Leeds welcomed volunteers from Marks & Spencer as part of the company’s Spark Something Good programme. [slideshow_deploy id=’47720′] A large group of backroom staff from across the region came to Lady Pit Lane allotments
Four local community groups are to benefit from a company’s staff volunteering a day’s labour. These are not just any volunteers, these are M&S volunteers. Beeston in Bloom, Lady Pit Lane allotments, Skelton Grange Environment Centre and Friends of Stank Hall Barn will all be supported in their work this
Police are appealing for witnesses after a robbery at a petrol station on Pontefract Road, Stourton on Sunday 20 March. The incident happened between 4.15am and 4.20am when two males went into the store and threatened a member of staff before taking cash and cigarettes from behind the till. They