What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Sometimes, things happen out of context. I was recently in Northern Ireland and visited the Harryville Men’s Shed just outside Ballymena. It’s a drop in centre for men of all ages who feel lonely or isolated, and it provides a range of activities from a cup of tea and a
A group of 20 Beeston and Holbeck residents, activists and trades unionists met at Cross Flatts Park on Saturday (20 January 2024) and walked together into central Leeds to join the Leeds March for Palestine organised by Leeds Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Carrying a ‘Beeston for Palestine’ banner and ‘Freedom for
The appalling suffering in Israel and Gaza continues, although at the time of writing a truce to allow for the release of some of the hostages is about to happen. Many of my constituents feel very strongly indeed about the attack on Israel on 7th October and about what has
As a concerned individual witnessing the escalating conflict in Gaza, I am compelled to issue an urgent plea for immediate action to halt the devastating impact on innocent civilians, particularly children, caught in the crossfire of violence. The indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians cannot be accepted any longer. I call
We are all surely heart-broken by the nightmarish cycle of violence and violation in Palestine and Israel. Events there echo deeply around the world, and through our communities, like no other. Many of us are joining demonstrations and vigils; some of us have spent time there, or have friends and
The crisis in Gaza and Israel is awful and deeply distressing and a lot of constituents have contacted me about it. On 7 October, Hamas deliberately murdered 1,400 Israelis, including young people enjoying a music festival, and men, women, children and babies in their homes. They took hostages and fired
What have the Israeli invasion of Gaza and the shooting down of an airliner over Ukraine got to do with a First World War commemoration at Cockburn School last Friday? The commemoration at Cockburn was done very well. A lot of work had gone into it, pupils had studied