What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
As we move into the Christmas period, I would like to update you all on some of the excellent work of your local Neighbourhood Policing Teams in supporting charitable causes. BBC Radio Leeds recently conducted the Big Baton Challenge for Children in Need. I was pleased to be able to
In 2013, Cockburn School student Kyle Asquith waved goodbye to his mother on his way to school and, a day later, he passed away following a fatal brain haemorrhage. His organs were donated and they saved the lives of five people. Students, teachers and Kyle’s family set up the Kyle
Not too long now and it’ll be Christmas and New Year. Like me, you may be looking back on 2022. Time to reflect. And to hope that 2023 may be better. I sincerely wish that it is. For you. For all of us. Anyway the story of time measuring devices
We have been distributing copies of our December newspaper to venues around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (1 December 2022). Copies are available from various food shops including Beeston Nisa Extra, and Dewsbury Road Tescos as well as many small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs and Libraries, community
Visitors to Leeds Central Library can take a spellbinding step into an enchanting storybook world this Christmas thanks to a series of immersive live performances. From Saturday 10 December 2022, the library’s atmospheric Room 700 will be the setting for Libellule Theatre’s magical production of The Storymaker’s Apprentice throughout next
The South Leeds Alliance for Clean Air is appealing to families living in LS11 with children suffering with respiratory illnesses to share their stories. The call follows last month’s article in South Leeds Life showing the dangerously high air pollution in South Leeds. According to official government data Beeston and
The BBC is planning to make cuts to local radio which will mean that we lose distinctive Leeds content for significant parts of the day. Although BBC Radio Leeds will continue to have its own dedicated local programmes from 6am to 2pm on weekdays, after that time programmes will be
I had the privilege of sitting in on the dress rehearsal of Cockburn School’s production of Rock Of Ages and spoke to some of the leading actors afterwards. I started by asking about the show and how they would sell it to someone who was thinking about coming to see
On this coming Monday (5 December 2022) local families are warmly invited to join Hunslet Gathering’s Messy Church Christmas Party 3:30-5pm at Involve Centre Whitfield Avenue, LS10 2QE (next to the Library Hub building and St Joseph’s club). The event will celebrate the good news of Christmas through plenty of
Cockburn John Charles Academy held a week-long celebration in memory of teacher, friend and colleague Verona McShane who passed away on 25 November 2020. The student council, alongside Verona’s family have been instrumental in establishing a charity, The Verona McShane Foundation, to support families in the Leeds area who may