What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
As part of our election coverage South Leeds Life is hosting three online hustings meeting again this year. All the candidates standing in the Leeds City Council elections for our three wards have been invited and we would like you to join us too. This is your opportunity to put
The candidates for the 2023 Leeds City Council elections have been announced. We’ve published full lists of the candidates on separate pages for Beeston & Holbeck ward, Hunslet & Riverside ward and Middleton Park ward. We’re writing to all the candidates to ask them about why they are standing and
Local Ward Councillors Andrew Scopes, Gohar Almass and Annie Maloney have welcomed new council housing in Holbeck. This week, Leeds City Council have taken ownership of six new family homes at Meynell Approach, Holbeck. The homes consist of 4 two bed and 2 three bed houses, and completes the first
Budding young artists from Cottingley are bringing joy to their neighbourhood with colourful artwork that is newly displayed around the community, thanks to a project backed by ward councillors, Andrew Scopes, Gohar Almass and Annie Maloney. Pupils from Cottingley Primary Academy were invited to use their creative talents to put
The Labour Party has lost two of the three seats in South Leeds as Ed Carlisle won the Hunslet & Riverside seat for the Green Party and Wayne Dixon won in Middleton Park for the SDP. Both candidates have campaigned for a number of years and came close to winning
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:
Spring cleaning is well and truly underway in Cottingley as Councillors Andrew Scopes, Angela Gabriel and Gohar Almass help fund skips for a series of community clean-ups to help residents dispose of their unwanted items. As the Refuse Team empty the bins on the estate on Mondays and the Cleaner
Councillors for Beeston and Holbeck have welcomed the addition of a new mobile hub for the area on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The mobile community hub will be able to deal with the same enquiries as a regular council hub building and will be parked in front of St Matthew’s Community
Beeston & Holbeck Ward will have a new Councillor next May after the Labour Party choose Annie Maloney to fight the seat in place of sitting Councillor Angela Gabriel. South Leeds Life understands that it is normal practice in the party for sitting Councillors to be reselected ‘on the nod’.
Children in Cottingley have been invited to share what they like about living in the area that could see their designs made into banner to be displayed on local lampposts. Councillor Angela Gabriel visited Cottingely Primary Academy to speak at their Key Stage 2 assembly about the importance of community