What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Did you know that St Luke’s CARES Charity shop on Dewsbury Road used to be a cinema? The Pavilion Picture Palace was one of the many urban cinemas in Leeds that presented films to the public from 1911 to 1956. The warehouse at St Luke’s CARES houses the charity’s fantastic
The Friends of Middleton Park (FOMP) are back with a packed programme of events and activities for summer 2022. Summer in the park kicks off with the fantastic display of bluebells in Middleton Woods. The Friends are teaming up again with Middleton Railway to organise walks from the top station,
On Monday night (25 April 2022) South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting as part of our local elections coverage. Please forgive the delay in posting this video, we’ve had some technical issues, but managed to resolve them now. You can watch the whole meeting here:
We have been distributing copies of our May newspaper to venues around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (Thursday 28 April 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,
Detectives have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a man in Leeds. Officers from West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team are now leading the investigation into the death of Paul Banks, aged 46, from Farnley. He was found unconscious in the street in Bodmin Crescent, Middleton,
For several years now, the number of people contacting me about housing has been getting bigger and bigger. They are either desperate to get a council house, are in a private let but can no longer afford the rent, are overcrowded or have been waiting for ages to move. House
LS-TEN have recently launched a new youth service project in South Leeds, working with organisations from across the city to form the Leeds Youth Alliance. Our partners in the south are Barca, Re:establish, The Youth Association, DAZL, Hamara and The Getaway Girls. In the North East and West, Barca are
Last night (27 April 2022) South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting as part of our local elections coverage. All the candidates standing in the ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: mental health, actions to help the local community, anti social
I would like to focus this month’s column by discussing diversity. In the Leeds South community, we are fortunate to benefit from broad cultural diversity, as highlighted by a number of recent religious celebrations. Whilst many of us may have marked the Christian celebration of Easter, others will have celebrated
An arts and crafts fundraising afternoon was held on Sunday 3 April 2022 at St Luke’s Church on Malvern Road in Beeston. The event was the brainchild of 8 year old Dorothy Brewer, who is in Year 4 at St Luke’s Primary School. After hearing about the situation facing refugees