What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The city has become a graveyard. The gap-toothed grin of the high street distorts our sense of reality as generally worthless businesses open and close and the centre shifts eternally. There will come a time when the dust settles at the end of civilisation and nature starts to reclaim the cities in the absence of the human animal.
Postal voters in Leeds are being asked to urgently renew their details if they have not yet done so as the deadline nears. All registered postal voters in the city who applied to vote by that method before 30 January 2024 need to renew their details by the end of
Postal voters in South Leeds are to receive information in the coming weeks advising them of new rules which mean they need to renew their details to be able to continue to vote by post in future elections. As a result of changes introduced by the government’s Elections Act 2022,
Lists of candidates have been announced today (25 April 2019) for the European Parliamentary elections which are set to go ahead on Thursday 23 May, unless a deal on Brexit is concluded before then. The European Parliamentary elections are run on a proportional representation system. We will be electing six
It was announced recently that the ‘Save our Beeston & Holbeck group’ were to field three Independent candidates in the Beeson & Holbeck ward; due to their discontent around the Leeds ‘managed’ zone and Leeds City Council’s refusal to ditch the project, adding to that the community dis-harmony over the
Pupils at Hunslet Carr Primary School were put in charge of the recent upgrade to their playground facilities. Members of the School Council explained to me how they had been charged with choosing new equipment for the school playground. They talked to their classmates about what the children would enjoy
The candidates for the Leeds City Council elections have been announced. We’ve published full lists of the candidates for Beeston & Holbeck ward, City & Hunslet ward and Middleton Park ward. We’re writing to all the candidates to ask them about why they are standing and what their policies are.
I recently published an article asking if Leeds Central Liberal Democrat candidate, Emma Spriggs, was some kind of superwoman. I asked this question because I’d spotted that Emma was simultaneously running for MP in Leeds Central and running to be a local councillor 300 miles away in Bucklebury, Reading. I
The candidates for the General Election and Leeds City Council election have been announced. We’ve published full lists of the candidates for Leeds Central, Beeston & Holbeck ward, City & Hunslet ward and Middleton Park ward. We’re writing to all the candidates to ask them questions sent in by you,
Today (5 February 2015) is National Voter Registration Day. With changes to the way you register to vote it is feared that many thousands will be denied a vote in May. South Leeds Life does not support any political party, but we do believe everyone should use their vote and