What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council has been looking at options for the future of Old Cockburn Sports Hall in Beeston. A report to today’s Executive Board (10 February 2016) proposes the transfer to the building to the Hamara Healthy Living Centre on a 25 year peppercorn lease. Old Cockburn Sports Hall was
Starting from today we will be publishing lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 25 January 2016: Change of use from Class A1 (shops) to Class A3 (restaurants & cafes)
Last Wednesday (13 January 2016) Hannah Begum, the Children’s Lord Mayor of Leeds, addressed the full Council meeting at Leeds Civic Hall. Hannah was joined by Faisal and Tahera, fellow pupils at Hunslet Moor Primary School, and put forward her proposals for a Global Families of Leeds Project. Her idea
Two pieces of public art have been commissioned as part of a £200,000 sprucing up of Dewsbury Road in Beeston. Sites have been identified outside the One Stop Centre and at the bottom of Trentham Street and a budget of £10,000 per artwork allocated. The plan is to give a
A major clean-up operation is underway at Thwaite Mills museum in Stourton after it was caught up in severe flooding over Christmas. Thwaite Mills, and Leeds Industrial Museum in Armley which was also affected, will both remain closed to the public until further notice while officers continue to assess the
We received the following letter today: I’ve just read your piece in the South Leeds Life December issue. As a longtime Holbeck man I would like to know along with a lot of other longtime Holbeck residents where the new name of South Bank came from? I cannot find it
The next Inner South Community Committee and Workshop will be held on Wednesday 9 December 2015. The workshop theme is Health and Well-being and will address the topic of Helping Children and Families have the Best Start. Cllr Angela Gabriel, Chair of the committee said: “We know that children born
The decision on the controversial plans for the former Ice Pak factory on Barkly Road in Beeston will now be decided by a Planning Inspector after Aspiring Communities lodged an appeal for ‘non-determination’. The application was due to be heard at the South & West Plans Panel meeting on Thursday
Leeds City Council’s Employment & Skills team have announced dates for briefing sessions for residents planning to apply for jobs at the new Aldi store. Aldi’s new store on the former police station site just off Dewsbury Road in Beeston is set to open in January 2016 creating up to
Belle Isle TMO Get it in your diary and come along- Tuesday 27 October from 1pm… help, advice and support for people accessing benefits and looking for work…