What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Plans for two sites on the South Bank come forward this week, both with issues about public access to open space. Proposals for the Ruth Gorse Academy on Black Bull Street, Hunslet and a residential development on David Street, Holbeck will be discussed by the City Plans Panel on Thursday
I talked about personal identity a few weeks ago and today I want to discuss neighbourhood identity. There’s a bit of South Leeds that has been purloined by the city centre. You might call it north Holbeck and north Hunslet. You might call it that post-industrial strip between the river
People from a range of arts organisations gathered at The Tetley on Thursday (5 February 2015) to discuss how they could influence the redevelopment of the ‘South Bank’. The South Bank is the ex-industrial zone of Hunslet and Holbeck close to the river. As we revealed in our February newspaper,
I went into BBC Radio Leeds this afternoon ( February 2015) to talk to Johnny I’Anson about the latest edition of our newspaper and three of the top stories from it. Thanks to Johnny I’Anson and Corinne Wheatley at BBC Radio Leeds for allowing us to reproduce this clip. You
Leeds City Council’s Executive Board will meet this week on Wednesday (19 November 2014) when several South Leeds issues will be on the table. First up is the ongoing discussion about the future of community centres. Old Cockburn Sports Hall in Beeston is one of 10 centres under discussion with
A group called Leeds Plan C are leading an event on Saturday (3 May 2014) which promises to explore Hunslet’s “contested past, uncertain present and several possible futures”. The first of two linked events is a guided walk around Hunslet. It sets off from The Tetley at 1:30pm and explores
I’ve been lucky enough to visit two local Victorian monuments this week, John Marshall’s Temple Works and the Holbeck railway viaduct. They got me thinking about how economic development works. I wouldn’t call myself an economist, but I have an interest, I dabble. So I was keen to watch
A new high school and a new pedestrian route are set to reshape parts of Hunslet. Plans are taking shape for two developments that will change the landscape in the old industrial heartland of Hunslet. The site for the Ruth Gorse Academy has been named as Black Bull Street,
We’ve had some stick here at South Leeds Towers whenever we’ve mentioned ‘city centre south’. Some readers tell us they’ve never heard of it! And I suppose they have a point. ‘City Centre South’, as it’s known, is the name given to the area between the River Aire and the