What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Local MP Hilary Benn (Leeds Central) has backed a scheme to help people in Leeds save money on their energy bills, saying: “This scheme gives people the chance to do something for themselves about fuel bills. The more people join the scheme, the bigger the savings can be.” The scheme
As previously reported on South Leeds Life, tenants claiming housing benefit will be penalised if they have more bedrooms than they are deemed to need. Hilary Benn MP has today highlighted National Housing Federation (NHF) figures which show that 2,687 households in the Leeds Central constituency will be hit by
The Government has finally unveiled plans for the route of HS2 high speed rail line linking London and Leeds. The line will come through Hunslet to a new station built on a viaduct adjacent to Crown Point Retail Park, although it’s not due to open until 2032. The proposed route
Ciaran Bingham, from Belle Isle, was just 19 when he was killed in a motorcycle accident in Outwood in January 2010. Now a charity – The Ciaran Bingham Foundation Trust – has been set up in memory of the teenager who championed people in need. Below, his mum Margaret Bingham
Local charity Health For All has celebrated its 21st birthday at a special event held at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre in Middleton. The event, which coincided with Health For All’s AGM, saw food, entertainment and a number of speeches celebrating the achievement of an organisation which started in an attic in