What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Financial services provider Leeds Credit Union (LCU) has made a key appointment to its senior management team as it continues to pursue its ambitious growth plans. Mark Fleet has joined the company as CEO, where he will continue to grow the credit union, strengthen support for the communities in which
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has now confirmed that Cottingley station will close once the new White Rose station is completed and opened. The closure was approved by the the Office of Rail and Road in a letter dated 27 February 2023. Local Ward Councillors Andrew Scopes, Gohar Almass
This year’s fortnightly brown bin collections will start in Leeds from Monday 13 March, with collections continuing through to December. Leeds City Council delivers the largest garden waste collection service by any council in the UK and continues to be one of a minority of councils to do so for
Students at Cockburn School have had an excellent start to 2023. Highlights have included: Year 11 Art and Design students starting their GCSE exam projects with a trip to the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield for inspiration. Year 9 and 10 Drama students visited Wakefield Theatre Royal to see John Godber’s
A man from Beeston is among six who are due to appear in court today (6 March 2023) charged in connection with an investigation into the organised theft of Range Rovers, Land Rovers and Mercedes Sprinter vans across West Yorkshire. It follows an investigation by officers from Leeds District Intelligence
Hunslet RLFC 22-8 North Wales Crusaders After a tough first half Hunslet RLFC ground out a victory against a well-drilled North Wales Crusaders with a third consecutive second half clean sheet today at the South Leeds Stadium (5 March 2023). An injury to winger Keiron Lawton in the early minutes
Leeds was one of the last, if not the very last, of the big cities to install electric lighting in its residential streets. In my street there was only one dim gas street-light to serve 32 houses. There was no ‘night-time economy’. After the Leeds pubs closed at 10pm and
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 Monday 27 February 2023: Three illuminated and one non illuminated canopy fascia signs Anixter Premises Fastener House Leathley Road
Addiction. What springs to mind? Drug misuse, alcohol dependency, smoking, gambling perhaps? Did you think of ‘Nomophonia’ –addiction to smartphones? When the first iPhone was launched in 2007 the fascination for mobile technology quickly became an acceptable part of daily life. An estimated 88% of UK adults owned at least
The Elmore Copper Works, or as it was known locally, Elmore’s, was originally established at the end of the 1880s with the works being built on the Haigh Park Estate between Stourton and the River Aire. This land was formerly part of Rothwell Haigh in the Parish of Rothwell and