What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
I’ve been getting a few emails recently from constituents expressing opposition to the Online Safety Act. This is a new piece of legislation, which I support, designed to protect children in particular from harmful online content, and the requirement to prove your age to get access to certain sites has
It’s been quite a summer so far. On 12 June, the Environment Agency announced a drought for the Yorkshire region following the driest spring in 132 years, and the past month has been exceptionally warm across the UK, with some areas experiencing their hottest June on record. Who now argues
It has been a quite a month for the United Kingdom when it comes to trade agreements with other countries. First were the deals the Government reached with India and the USA which will open up new opportunities for our exporters. In the case of India, their tariffs on Scotch
First things first. Many many congratulations to Leeds United on gaining promotion to the Premiership. It’s where the club belongs, it’s great news for our city and let us all hope this will be the start of a new era of success in the top flight. The Holbeck Viaduct Project
Imagine you are starting out as a young scientific researcher. You have an idea and want to test it in a laboratory, but you don’t have one. What can you do? Step forward a new company based in Holbeck called QuickLabs which has been created to solve this problem by
I paid a very interesting visit to the Liver Unit at St James’s Hospital recently alongside my Parliamentary colleagues Richard Burgon and Fabian Hamilton. The transplant unit in Leeds does about 140 liver transplants a year and we met on Zoom one of the beneficiaries who told us how her
A Happy New Year to all readers of South Leeds Life. I’m not really a big fan of New Year resolutions, but this year I have promised that I will finally get my hearing tested. I’ve come to realise that my answer to too many questions put to me these
I recently visited the new Community Diagnostic Centre in Beeston. It offers a range of tests – blood tests, spirometry (I learned that’s to do with lungs and breathing) and heart monitoring – and the great thing is that people don’t have to go to the LGI or Jimmy’s to
When I studied history at school, the Battle of Holbeck Moor didn’t feature on the curriculum, unlike other very famous battles like Waterloo, the Somme and El Alamein. But what happened on the Moor that day was a very significant event in the history of South Leeds. So, what was
I much enjoyed my visit to the Middleton Railway on the occasion of their recent open day. As ever, the volunteers had put on a wonderful demonstration of the living history that embodies the Trust. One of the display items that caught my eye was a Potts station clock, complete