What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hunslet & Riverside Councillors Mohammed Iqbal, Elizabeth Nash and Paul Wray have moved to address concerns raised by residents about a number of road safety issues on Moor Road in Hunslet, specifically: Moor Road roundabout Crossing points Parking at the junction with Royal Drive Speeding motorists Poor road markings on
As local Councillors, we know reducing litter is an important issue for residents. It is therefore important we support residents to do the right thing by providing litter bins where they are needed. We are therefore happy to confirm the next round of new litter bins for Hunslet and Riverside
At a meeting the full Council yesterday (11 November 2020), Leeds City Council approved a motion we have been calling for as local Councillors – a motion to demand the Government protects residents in Hunslet and Riverside Ward and across Leeds who have been impacted by the scandal of faulty
Councillors have organised what is thought to be the first residents meeting for people living at the Leeds Dock area near the Royal Armouries museum in Hunslet. The online meeting is set for Tuesday 17 November 2020 at 6:30pm on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting. Cllr Paul Wray
It was great to join local residents from Hunslet Tenants & Residents Association and volunteers from the GoodGym Leeds to help plant some of the 6,000+ blubs (of a variety of species) in the large green space in the middle of the Hunslet estate off Church Street and Midland Road.
New defibrillators have been installed at a number of public venues across Hunslet and Beeston Hill – with more to follow. As Councillors, Cllr Nash, Cllr Iqbal and I funded these with the hope they would never be needed. However, on a recent visit to The Hunslet Club, one of
As local Councillors, we’d like to congratulate residents for coming together to form the Friends of the Aire group, which will cover a significant part of the River Aire in Hunslet and Riverside Ward from Leeds Dock to Knostrop Weir. For a number of years there have been ad-hoc litter
When a modern advertising hoarding was removed from the end of a row of houses at the Balm Road junction in Hunslet Carr several years ago it revealed an old hand painted sign promoting Bile Beans. This type of advertising sign was the forerunner of the modern advertisements papered on
Dozens of volunteers of all ages got digging together during January 2020, planting 2,000 saplings across Hunslet – in what is planned as the first phase of a major tree-planting initiative across south Leeds. Over five days, the volunteers planted the trees on the edge of a number of local
Rumours that the tower and spire of St Mary’s church in Hunslet might be demolished have been firmly scotched by the Church of England and Leeds City Councillors at a meeting last week (24 October 2019). The spire, visible from many parts of South Leeds, dates from 1864 and is