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South Leeds is bloomin marvellous

On 16 September 2016 By Ed Carlisle

Green-fingered South Leeds groups this week won a raft of honours at the annual Yorkshire in Bloom awards. Volunteers from the projects along with staff members from the Council’s Parks and Countryside team attended a glitzy event at York Race Course, to discover what the judges made of their year-round

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Community rallies around local lady with charity appeal

On 25 February 201625 February 2016 By Ed Carlisle

Scores of Beeston residents and businesses are rallying to the aid of an ‘active and loving’ local community stalwart, Val Duggan – who recently was suddenly and unexpectedly struck down with terminal cancer and paralysis. And they are now calling on the wider community to help them push on towards

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Gala returns to the heart of Hunslet

On 24 June 2015 By leeds11

The annual Hunslet Community Gala is back this Saturday (27 June 2015), with more on offer than ever before. The festival started as a church gala 30+ years ago, has run in its current format – on the playing fields opposite the Penny Hill Centre, in the heart of