What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
South Leeds is looking ‘Blooming’ good! Both Beeston in Bloom and Holbeck in Bloom groups have scored success in the annual Yorkshire in Bloom competition, with Beeston netting a silver gilt and Holbeck a silver award. The annual competition aims to foster community pride and encourage people to get planting and
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites and blogs. A newsagent’s shop in Dewsbury Road has been given the go ahead to sell booze until 2am despite the concerns of nearby residents, reports the YEP. The paper also reports on how a loyal former amateur rugby
Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s been making south Leeds tick on other websites and blogs: Veteran actor Peter O’Toole has announced he is retiring from the stage and screen, at the age of 79. The Irish-born star – best known for playing Lawrence of Arabia in Sir David Lean’s
Here’s what’s making south Leeds tick this week on other blogs and websites: Cottingley TRAC are holding their next meeting tonight at Cottingley Primary School, starting at 7pm. Here’s what they’ve posted on their Facebook page: “We have someone coming to talk about the wheelie bin scheme and you should be
Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making south Leeds tick via other websites and blogs. The sale of Beeston Methodist Church is being stymied by banks’ reluctance to lend, an estate agent has told the YEP. The paper also reports a five-month sit-in by an elderly pensioner at a Beeston old folks’ home has
Here on South Leeds Life we always try to accentuate the many positive things that happen in our area – after all, there are plenty of other news sites all too ready to ignorantly run down our community, right? There is a lot of positive stuff going on in the
[slideshow]Holbeck’s going to look blooming great this summer – thanks to the efforts of local volunteers. Local resident Ian Pickup took these photographs of Holbeck in Bloom planting summer baskets with Holbeck Christian Fellowship at St Matthew’s Community Centre. Holbeck, along with Beeston, will be entering the summer Yorkshire in
Here’s what’s been making South Leeds tick in our regular Wednesday round-up of the best of the area’s blogs and websites: Cottingley’s Vikki Blake (pictured left) is busy blogging away as she trains before carrying the Olympic Torch through Leeds next month: Here, she writes: “I have been jogging at
Hello South Leeds! Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making the area tick on blogs and websites in the area. “In only its second year the dedicated and enthusiastic In Bloom group is making a clear impression in Holbeck through it’s wide ranging environmental activities. The organisational abilities of its members
Welcome to our weekly round-up of what’s going on in South Leeds via other blogs and websites. Here’s what’s making the area tick… The Friends of Hunslet Cemetery have reported impending success in their campaign for better security and fencing at the cemetery. They’ve posted the news up on their