What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds Skyline Service – the service which provides support to those living with HIV, their friends, family and carers, as well as providing educational services – has been served with a closure notice by Leeds City Council. The council says a reduction in this year’s Public Health budget and lack
Cockburn School is consulting on whether to convert to become an Academy. Academies are state schools, centrally funded by the government and outside the control of the local authority. The school has received an Academy Order from the Department of Education which means the school can convert if the governing
A series of events to support people facing changes in benefits or finding work are taking place across South Leeds starting next Friday (23 October 2015) in Cottingley. The events are being staged by the Inner South Community Committee and will bring together agencies that can offer advice on benefits,
A woman from Middleton has been collared having let her dog roam free. Nicola Willmore, of Throstle Lane, failed to pay the £75 fixed penalty notice issued after dog wardens found her dog wandering the streets in April this year. Willmore was fined £40.00, now must pay a £20 victim
All roads and modes of transport lead to White Rose Shopping Centre for Stephanie Hunter. Stephanie has joined the team at the centre as Travel Planning Co-ordinator and her newly created post will prove vital as White Rose prepares for expansion. Centre Manager Dean Stratton says: “The extension of the
Earlier this week I started writing an article about Leeds City Council’s current Site Allocations consultation ‘Your city, Your plan’. You won’t have seen it yet, as I haven’t managed to finish it. I read the Council press release and it looked pretty dry and full of jargon. I though
A £45million project to improve flood defences in Leeds city centre is progressing well with work now starting to remove a length of the Knostrop Cut. As well as protecting city centre properties and jobs, the flood defence scheme will also protect 300 acres of development land and open up
The Inner South Community Committee will be holding a workshop for residents to come together and discuss things for young people to do and how do we better engage with them. As well as the workshop and formal committee meeting there will be taster sessions where you can try out
Groundwork, the environmental charity, is giving away 80,000 daffodil bulbs to brighten schools, verges and community centres across Leeds. Community groups with an idea for a piece of land they would like to plant up are invited to apply, but you need to hurry, the closing date is Friday 4
A senior councillor has joined crews in south Leeds to see first-hand their efforts to tackle flytipping. Councillor Mark Dobson, who is responsible for the council’s street cleaning and environmental action teams, took on the role of environmental action officer tasked with investigating and clearing a flytipping incident in a