What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Today we start a new feature at South Leeds Life. Every week we will be running a readers’ poll to find your views on a current issue. We are kicking off this week with a poll we’ve run before. Asda and Tesco are competing to build a new supermarket on
Beeston Community Forum held its fourteenth Annual General Meeting at the Beeston Village Community Centre last night. About thirty residents braved the cold and rain to attend the meeting. Also present were the three Beeston & Holbeck ward Councillors and Cllr Stewart Golton representing the Liberal Democrat group on Leeds
A consultation is progressing about plans to open a new high school in “City Centre South” – the area between the River Aire and the motorways. As previously reported, the Leeds Sustainable Development Group (LSDG) have teamed up with Gorse Academies Trust and are proposing the school as a way
In recent weeks if you are a regular reader of South Leeds Life, you’ll have noticed that you can hardly raise an eyelid without reading about Middleton Park. Quite right too. There’s no doubt that the Park is seriously underrated and under visited. Did you know that it’s over 90%
Steve Williamson has sent through this report of the Area Committee meeting: Last Wednesday evening I thought I’d drop in at the Civic Hall and attend a meeting of the the Council’s Inner South Area Committee – that’s where councillors from City & Hunslet, Beeston & Holbeck and Middleton Park
People who may be affected by the Government’s changes to benefits are being invited to attend a roadshow in Middleton. Leeds City Council has organised 12 roadshow events over the next three months, to make sure anyone with any concerns or questions can speak to an expert advisor in person
Homes in south Leeds have seen a 39% reduction in burglaries compared with the same period last year. As part of a campaign to work with residents and make them feel safe in their homes, Aire Valley Homes has worked with West Yorkshire Police on a number of crime awareness
Brian Parkinson of Tilbury Parade, Holbeck, was found guilty for non compliance with Section 92 of the Environmental Protection Act having left household waste and carpet to fester outside his home for months. He was fined £2,500 – the maximum amount for this offence – at Leeds Magistrates Court and
As part of National Road Safety week pupils at Sharp Lane Primary school are taking part in a competition to design posters to raise awareness of the new 20mph scheme outside their school. Pupils from the school have been invited to submit their designs to the school travel team with
The Leeds Citizen reports that the contracts for the housing PFI scheme in Holbeck and Beeston Hill have still not been signed. A senior Councillor, asked whether the project was on time and on budget said he could “make no promises until contracts were signed”. Read the full story here.