What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A scene has been in place outside a house on Marsden Grove in Beeston since Wednesday (19 March 2025). In a statement, West Yorkshire Police said: “Police were called at 8:29am on Wednesday, 19 March, to a report of a concern for safety for a man at a property on
Four people were jailed on Friday (21 March 2025) for a total of over 19 years after £1m of cannabis was found concealed in pots disguised as Citronella candles. On 17 April 2023, 182kg of cannabis resin, with a street value in the region of £1m, was intercepted by Border
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 17 March 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Retrospective planning application for the installation
A man who masterminded a violent robbery in Leeds where rare Porsche parts were stolen has been jailed after being tracked down by tenacious detective work over a four-year international manhunt. Wahseem Fazal tried to cheat justice by fleeing the country after he was charged over the armed robbery at
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start this week down in Holbeck at Jamyang Buddhist Centre who are holding the Holbeck Jumble Sale on Saturday from 10am-1pm.
Opera North will be working with local people in Hunslet over the coming months to co-create a brand new song in celebration of Hunslet and its residents. The songwriting project is a response to Creative Communities work (see opposite) and is the start of a programme of community activities in
This year Beeston’s Asha Neighbourhood Project will be celebrating it’s 40th anniversary and has appointed a CEO, Alia Nessa to strengthen its work with families and predominantly women in South Leeds. Alia Nessa, who was born and raised in Beeston, says her new role is like “coming home again.” Having
The latest sure sign that spring has arrived comes with the announcement that brown bin collections in Leeds will restart next week. Alongside visible signs of the change of season such as daffodils appearing in bloom at the roadside, the annual resumption of garden waste collections in the city after
Beeston-based storage systems specialist Avanta UK Ltd, a leading name in workplace storage and interior fit-out solutions, is proud to celebrate 25 years of success and growth. Founded in 2000 through the merger of Abacus Storage (Castleford) and Pennine Storage (Bradford), the company has grown into a trusted nationwide provider,