What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A group of Middleton residents have got their ‘bytes’ between their teeth and are cranking up their campaign for faster broadband speed in the area. Residents in New Forest Village and Heritage Village area of Middleton say their lives have been blighted by slow internet speeds, making it difficult to work from home or conduct
Work on installing security fencing at vandal-hit Hunslet Cemetery should be completed by the end of next February, council officials have confirmed. As revealed in South Leeds Life’s news roundup last week, The Friends of Hunslet Cemetery group were boosted by an email from Cllr Kim Groves, which was posted on the
Leeds City Council has identified the top ten worst eyesore sites in the city with a view to working on them to bring them back into use – and South Leeds Sports centre, at the bottom of Beeston Road, is one of them. Next week at a meeting of Leeds
Children’s heart surgery in Leeds will be axed – despite a 600,000-strong petition supporting the facilities at Leeds General Infirmary. Hospitals in Leicester, Leeds and the Royal Brompton in London are to stop performing heart surgery on children, it was announced yesterday. There are currently 10 units in England but
Plans for a new primary school on the site of the closed |South Leeds Sports Centre at the bottom of Beeston Road will be discussed at a public meeting next Thursday. The meeting, organised by the council, will be held at Hamara Healthy Living Centre in Tempest Road, Beeston on
A free event to highlight a campaign to encourage plain packaging for cigarettes is being held at St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck on Friday, July 6. As we reported back in May, the Plain Packs Protect campaign says every year 340,000 children and young people are tempted to try smoking.
Frustration with dog fouling in south Leeds continues to be a hot topic as our Scoop It Up campaign ramps up a gear. One person from Belle Isle, who wishes to remain anonymous, told South Leeds Life they had problems with dog fouling. They added: “We have a communal garden
Irresponsible dog owners are being asked to sit up and take notice after two Leeds people fell foul of the law. Following a clamp down on people who don’t pick up after their pets, a man from Bramley and a woman from Cross Green were found guilty of various offences
As more people report their south Leeds dog fouling problems in our Scoop It Up campaign, today we’re focussing on our interactive dog fouling map, which has so far had more than 500 views in just over a week. The map, which you can see below, allows readers to chart
“We have old people, a disabled girl in a wheelchair and young children living in this street. It is very hard to walk on the footpath as dogs have always fouled in front of every house. No-one on our street has a dog. We need help to sort this problem.