What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The sun shone and hundreds of young people flocked to Cross Flatts Park this afternoon (12 August 2015) as Breeze brought the fun to Beeston. [slideshow_deploy id=’38733′] All photos by Jeremy Morton Breeze is organised by Leeds City Council’s Youth Services and offers free games and activities. Amongst the many
The Council have submitted a Planning application to build 25 new homes in the Garnets off Dewsbury Road. The 2/3 bedroom houses with gardens and off road parking will replace 76 back to back houses that were demolished several years ago. Since then the site has been vacant leaving a
A jobs fair to help people find Christmas jobs at the White Rose Shopping Centre will be held next Wednesday (12 August 2015) at The Point Jobshop in the centre. Businesses including Marks & Spencer, Debenhams and Argos are keen to recruit staff for current vacancies and for temporary posts
Belle Isle TMO Leeds City Council’s new service – Presto, is providing a range of support services at home with the aim of supporting people to living well and safely at home. The services include companionship, housekeeping, home maintenance and transport from the council’s own passenger transport service, but does
The Inner South Community Committee will be meeting on Wednesday (10 June 2015) to debate what can be done about ‘legal highs’. The committee is made up of our nine ward councillors and as usual the meeting will be in two sections. The first session, starting at 5:30pm, will start
The Leeds-based Empty Homes Doctor service has scooped the top prize for innovation at the national Empty Homes Network (EHN) annual awards. A Leeds empty home, lived in once more from Empty Homes Doctor on Vimeo. Backed by Leeds City Council, the Empty Homes Doctor service is a free city-wide scheme which
Leeds City Council Inner South Community Committee Artwork on lampposts brighten up Dewsbury Road. School children from 3 local primary schools have been working with The Tetley to design banners for the lampposts along Dewsbury Road in Beeston. The first 16 banners were installed last week and have been designed
There are seventy jobs available at the new Asda store on Old Lane, which is due to open on Monday 13 July 2015. Leeds City Council is keen to help local people secure these jobs and has set up information sessions to brief applicants about the process before they start
After an surprising General Election nationally last night, South Leeds returned predictable results in the local election with Labour holding onto all three seats in South Leeds. Adam Ogilvie was returned in Beeston & Holbeck, Patrick Davey in City & Hunslet and Judith Blake in Middleton Park. The full results
Residents in South Leeds are being invited to take part in a free, five day, film making course, which starts at BITMOs GATE in Belle Isle on Tuesday (12 May 2015). The video course is being run by Amplify Leeds a new group which is looking for ways to address