What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Having followed Leeds United since the early 1960s I was delighted to see the new statue of Don Revie erected outside the ground. It is situated in a prominent position on Lowfields Road, just below where the old Holbeck Cricket ground once stood. Although it is several years since I
Local group Beeston Community Forum has voted to oppose and campaign against proposals to introduce a Park and Ride scheme at Elland Road. The forum’s comments come as Leeds City Council continues with plans to develop park and ride schemes across the city – including land off Elland Road – as part of
Interserve, the company who will be building the new Holbeck Police HQ Police Station will be conducting site surveys off Elland Road over two days starting from tomorrow. A police email to nearby residents which has been seen by South Leeds Life says that Interserve will be drilling boreholes on the car park retaining
Elland Road football ground in Beeston is one of five locations which will be considered as the site for a large casino in Leeds, it has been revealed. Locations at Eastgate, Quarry Hill, Leeds United Football Club’s redeveloped John Charles West Stand, Clarence Dock and City Square have all been
The proposed park and ride scheme off Elland Road is continuing to make the news. The council says the proposals will help tackle city centre traffic congestion and is considering using land next to Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium as a car park for commuters who would then be bused
The next general meeting of Beeston Forum will take place tomorrow – Thursday 5th April. The forum will be hosting Shaun Harvey, chief executive of Leeds United, and also Councillor Richard Lewis and the council’s Martin Farrington, who will be speaking about the development of council-owned land in the Elland Road area with special
City & Holbeck Police are appealing for information after a security guard collecting cash from a Beeston fast food restaurant was robbed this morning. The guard was confronted by two males, one of whom was armed with a knife, outside McDonald’s, in Elland Road, at about 7.10am this morning. He was forced
Leeds United are teaming up with Leeds City Council to keep the streets around Elland Road stadium clean. As part of a new partnership deal, Leeds United are making a financial contribution for a contract up until June 2013, which will see the council’s street cleaning team working to keep
A further public consultation evening will give local residents a say on plans for a new headquarters for Holbeck Police on Elland Road. The ‘community involvement event’, which will take the form of a drop-in session, will be held in the Reaney Suite at Leeds United’s football ground on Monday, March
Inspector Paul Akerman of Holbeck Neighbourhood Policing Team has sent us the following information following residents’ concerns about speeding cars on Elland Road: At the last community consultation meeting in relation to the new West Yorkshire Police Divisional HQ building [on Elland Road], a number of local residents expressed concerns regarding