What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
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