What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A team of cycling enthusiasts from NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group cycled over 300 miles on Sunday to raise money for Leeds Children’s Hospital. The team, led by Clinical Chief Officer of the CCG Dr Andy Harris, each completed all or part of the gruelling 100km
What’s the link between alopecia, robots and a social club in Beeston? The answer is last night’s Bettakultcha event. Describing the mechanics of Bettakultcha makes it sound dull, as compare Ivor Tymchak put it “like a PowerPoint car crash”, but actually it’s a very entertaining and thought-provoking evening. A
What have hot pants and washing your hands got to do with making the world a better place? I covered the meeting discussing how council housing should be run in the city earlier this week. I was heartened by the emphasis people put on involving tenants in the management of
This week the route for the Leeds leg of the Tour de France has been announced and my street has been resurfaced. Coincidence? Well, yes it is. The Tour de France is not coming through South Leeds despite our helpful route suggestions on this week’s poll. The “Grand Depart” will
Community reporter Andy Brown has sent us this post on cycling and public transport in South Leeds: I couldn’t help ponder what Morley’s cycle racing legend Beryl Burton would’ve made of new guidance from the National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE). Unheralded in her 60s & 70s heyday but
I’ve had two meetings in the city centre this week. I don’t like to drive into the city centre because the parking charges are set high to discourage congestion. A policy I approve of. The bus is expensive if you’re on a tight budget, so unless it’s tipping down, it’s