What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A groundbreaking anti-litter project has been branded a great success and is now set to be rolled out across all schools in Middleton and Belle Isle over the next three years. Acting on feedback from her community, Councillor Kim Groves (Labour, Middleton Park) arranged to set up the ‘Love where you
Local residents in Holbeck and Beeston turned out to support a campaign for plain packing on cigarettes – despite the puring rain! The event, at St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck, saw in the region of 30 people brave filthy weather to find out more about the campaign, It was also attended
Children’s heart surgery in Leeds will be axed – despite a 600,000-strong petition supporting the facilities at Leeds General Infirmary. Hospitals in Leicester, Leeds and the Royal Brompton in London are to stop performing heart surgery on children, it was announced yesterday. There are currently 10 units in England but
A free event to highlight a campaign to encourage plain packaging for cigarettes is being held at St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck on Friday, July 6. As we reported back in May, the Plain Packs Protect campaign says every year 340,000 children and young people are tempted to try smoking.
Holbeck knows how to party! 13 of the area’s community groups got together over the Jubilee weekend to hold a party. Organiser Ian Pickup tells South Leeds Life that the event, in St Matthew’s Community Centre, had a visitor in the form of the Deputy Lord Lieutenant Major Stan Hardy. Hilary
A free event to highlight a campaign to encourage plain packaging for cigarettes is being held in Holbeck and supported by Hilary Benn MP. The Plain Packs Protect campaign says every year 340,000 children and young people are tempted to try smoking. Two thirds of smokers start before the age
Middleton Park councillor Kim Groves has joiined social networking site Twitter. You can follow Kim on @groves_kim. She joins Beeston and Holbeck councillor Adam Ogilvie (@adampoglivie) and MP Hilary Benn (@hilarybennmp) on Twitter. For those who don’t know, Twitter is a real-time information network that connects you to the latest stories,
[slideshow] Cottingley TRAC chair Robyn Holland writes about the work of the organisation – and the opening of the new Sphynx Square on the estate over the weekend. Cottingley has seen some changes over the past few months. The management committee at TRAC (Tenants and Residents Association of Cottingley) has
I would like to invite you to the official launch of The ‘Cottingley Sphinx Square’ which will commence at 2-5pm on Saturday the 5th of May, writes Robyn Holland of Cottingley TRAC. It will be held at Cottingley Community Centre, 115 Cottingley Approach , however the ‘Sphinx Square’ will be
The opening of the new ‘Sphinx Square’ garden area is due to be held on Saturday 5th of May from 2-5 with Hilary Benn and a local councillor opening the area to the rear of the shops. The area is where the old Sphynx pub – AKA Cottingley Arms – used to be until