What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Local Councillors in South Leeds have been busy securing local improvements. A new Post Office is to be opened on Domestic Street in Holbeck and a new pedestrian crossing built on Dewsbury Road near Tesco. The Councillors have led a campaign with local residents to keep a Post Office
When did you last visit a local shop? As I grew up in Holbeck, we had a shop on almost every corner. Well, at least you never had to walk further than two or three streets to find what you were looking for. Most shops sold everything from “collar
Holbeck Neighbourhood Policing Team have updated us about recent activity on their patch: Police appealing for witnesses to an attempted robbery on Domestic Street, Holbeck on 20 April have released a photo of a man they wish to speak to in connection with the incident. Between 10pm and 10.30pm
The latest core strategy of Leeds City Council includes a strategy for city centre transport that appears to seriously affect Holbeck. The map below (see council map for larger scale) indicates that the central traffic distribution route (loop) will pass through Holbeck along Jack Lane, Nineveh Road and Domestic Street. This is likely
Holbeck residents are being invited to a special event to offically mark the opening of a new supermarket in the area. Tuesday, January 22 will see an open day being held at the new supermarket/cafe/restaurant/takeaway called ‘Venus’, which sells Turkish and Middle Eastern food and drink. The supermarket is already open,
All the cinemas are gone! Where my friends and I went on a Saturday afternoon for the matinees, they’ve disappeared. They have either been knocked down or redeveloped, writes community reporter Martyn White. Often, on Saturday afternoons my friends and I would go to a matinee at one of the
There are plans aplenty for new supermarkets in South Leeds. We’ve covered most of them in the past and thought it’d be useful if we provided an update on them. Beeston: The ongoing ‘store wars’ battle between Asda and Tesco on Old Lane shows no sign of ending. Councillors recently
Work continues apace to get the old Kwik Save supermarket site ship-shape and ready for a supermarket/cafe/restaurant/takeaway called ‘Venus’. Venus, at the bottom of Domestic Street, will sell Turkish and Middle Eastern food and drink and will apparently be ‘opening soon’. In the past week, teams of workmen have been seen re-roofing
Police have appealed for help in tracing the relatives of a Holbeck man who has died. John Richard Newsome, 53, of Domestic Street, Leeds was found dead at his home on Monday 25th June. His death is not being treated as suspicious. Any family member of anyone who may know the whereabouts
Part of a historic south Leeds landmark could be transformed into flats if a planning application gets the go ahead. Treadwell Carpets Ltd has submitted a planning application for the Grade II listed Holbeck Mills building on Domestic Street. The building is home to a carpet business. The application is for