What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
I mentioned two weeks ago the danger the Leave campaign risked in opening the Pandora’s Box of Nationalism. Unfortunately in the wake of their victory last Thursday I seem to be being proved right. There are hundreds of stories emerging up and down the country of hostility and threats which
After it was announced that Gabby Logan was to the Patron for the new Leeds Fund, we had a lively debate in the comments section about who would make the best patron for a Leeds charity. We thought we should should put it to you, the readers. So here’s a
A hundred people came along to The Hunslet Club last night (1 June 2016) for a lively and good-natured debate on the European Union Referendum organised by South Leeds Life. The panel included of Hilary Benn, Leeds Central MP and Shadow Foreign Secretary; and Graeme Tiffany, an independent education consultant,
Belle Isle Circus and Whitfield estate safe as Trolleybus scheme is scrapped The proposed trolleybus scheme for Leeds has been scrapped following the Planning Inspector’s recommendation that the scheme was “not suitable for development”. The trolleybus had been due to run from a park and ride off junction 7 of
The European Union referendum is a genuinely momentous decision that we all face. Although I like and respect Hilary Benn as a constituency MP, I have to respectfully disagree with his stance on the referendum and indeed many of the premises he bases his decision on. I would suggest one
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week on the Save Our Beeston Facebook group. David Dodson has posted some arial shots of the area taken with his drone, including this shot of Beeston Cemetery
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Cllr Judith Chapman and local MP Hilary Benn were amongst the guests as the new Lane End Primary School was officially opened in Beeston on Friday (22 January 2016). The planting of a tree (a time capsule is to follow once its contents are complete)
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Middleton Woods on Sunday. We couldn’t let the weekend snow go unmentioned and the Friends of Middleton Park have posted this cracking picture. We’ve reported on
Fifty protesters greeted Hilary Benn MP at his surgery this morning (Saturday 5 December 2015), angry that he had supported the bombing of Syria in Parliament this week. The protesters were angry but respectful and were supported by passing motorists and a Fire Engine tooting their horns. In speeches, Mr
Did you see Hilary Benn’s speech to parliament at the end of the Syria debate? It was quite a barnstorming performance, fantastic rehetoric, brilliantly argued. Unfortunately he drew the wrong conclusions and voted the wrong way. I was going to use this column to reflect on South Leeds Life’s fifth