What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
New Boilers, Insulation, draught proofing, replacement windows, these are just a few ways in which homes across South Leeds are reducing energy costs and creating healthier homes. In most cases this is at no cost to the home-owner or tenant. You will be surprised at how many homes have qualified
This year’s Beeston Festival took place on Saturday 8th June in Cross Flatts Park, the event was officially opened by the Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP. This was followed later on in the afternoon with a visit from the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Tom Murray. I love coming
Here at SLCR we’ve been working hard to produce a series of programmes looking at Health and Wellbeing. The first of these sees Dr Caroline Evans from the University of Sheffield looking at ways of reducing the risk of colon cancer through diet. This is followed by a programme looking
Lyn Morgan has been in touch by posting on our Facebook page: I would like to set up a group in the South Leeds area for people with Fibromyagia. As far as I am aware there is not a group in the area. As a sufferer myself, I know how
The latest core strategy of Leeds City Council includes a strategy for city centre transport that appears to seriously affect Holbeck. The map below (see council map for larger scale) indicates that the central traffic distribution route (loop) will pass through Holbeck along Jack Lane, Nineveh Road and Domestic Street. This is likely
So here we sit, me and my fellow community reporters writing stories for your amusement and bemusement and I wonder which part of our story we are at. It is an end. The last session in our introductory course during which we have been expertly led by John Baron and
South Leeds Life reader Suzy Grace has been in touch via our Facebook page about a review of tendered bus services in the Leeds area. Tendered bus services are those which Metro wholly or partly funds. Perhaps readers might want to have their say? Suzy writes: “Hi, just saw that
Below is an open letter to Keith Wakefield and local South Leeds councillors that has been sent by Sally Cieslik on behalf of SPLASH (Save our PooL And Sports Hall): South Leeds Sports Centre should be our Olympic Gold. Olympic medal and torch fever that has reigned over us all
We thought it was about time to change our Twitter avatar – that’s the little picture that appears next to each “tweet”. When we started the account, we looked through a lot of images from South Leeds and looked for something iconic. We chose an image of the water tower
Having followed Leeds United since the early 1960s I was delighted to see the new statue of Don Revie erected outside the ground. It is situated in a prominent position on Lowfields Road, just below where the old Holbeck Cricket ground once stood. Although it is several years since I