What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
2015 marks the tenth anniversary of 7/7, the London bombings. South Leeds Life has spoken to a range of local figures about those events, their aftermath and the decade since. Mahbub Nazir, a community activist in Beeston Hill, writes: What really struck me about the events in July 2005 was
2015 marks the tenth anniversary of 7/7, the London bombings. South Leeds Life has spoken to a range of local figures about those events, their aftermath and the decade since. Cllr Adam Ogilvie, who represents Beeston and Holbeck ward, remembers it was surreal to have the world’s media camped on
2015 marks the tenth anniversary of 7/7, the London bombings. South Leeds Life has spoken to a range of local figures about those events, their aftermath and the decade since. Rev Lindsey Pearson is the Vicar of Beeston. Having lived on Dewsbury Road in the 1990s she knew the area
2015 marks the tenth anniversary of 7/7, the London bombings. South Leeds Life has spoken to a range of local figures about those events, their aftermath and the decade since. Inspector Chris Bowen heads up the Inner South Neighbourhood Policing Team. He worked in Beeston until 2002 and returned in
2015 marks the tenth anniversary of 7/7, the London bombings. South Leeds Life has spoken to a range of local figures about those events, their aftermath and the decade since. Hanif Malik is the Chief Executive of the Hamara Centre reflects that it was a very traumatic and stressful time.
The end of a year is when we tend to look back over what’s happened and forward to what lies ahead. Among the friends we sadly lost in 2014 were Steve Williamson – so full of energy – and John Hodgson who was a Labour and union man to his
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2015. I’m not sure what this year will hold, but I know Beeston will find itself in the media spotlight again in July. 7 July 2015 will be the 10th anniversary of 7/7, the London bombings. Three of the four young men that blew themselves
As a cyclist I thought I might reflect on the Tour de France in Yorkshire in this week’s column, but I think everything I would want to say has been said elsewhere. Instead I’m looking again at the anniversary of the 7/7 bombings. For those who haven’t heard me