What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
We are approaching another Bank Holiday Monday, but neither my Other Half nor I are particularly looking forward to it. It’s not the British bank holiday’s poor reputation for bad weather that’s putting us off. I’m a self employed ‘freelancer’ and my Other Half works in an ‘out of hours’
When is a story not a story? Or to put it another way, when is it better not to publish a story? I’m referring to the Yorkshire Evening Post’s coverage of the ‘managed red light zone’ in Holbeck. In case you missed it, they reported on a scheme where prostitutes
The saga of Michael Maloney’s attempt to create a small gypsy / traveller site in Hunslet Carr came to an end recently with the report of the planning inspector, who backed the Council’s decision to refuse Mr Maloney planning permission. I don’t want to go into the case in great
What’s going on with the Labour Party? Labour MPs fail to oppose the Tories’ vicious benefit cuts, meanwhile the rank and file members seem to be increasing backing the ‘loony left winger’ Jeremy Corbyn in the leadership election. It seems to me that this shows the different approaches to politics
It’s the end of term for school children and this week also marks the end of my term as a school governor. I joined the Temporary Governing Body of the new school for West Hunslet eleven years ago. Over the next two years I was involved in choosing a design
I started singing in a choir two years ago. I only went along to report on it for South Leeds Life, but had my arm twisted to join in and I’ve been back every Friday lunchtime since. The community choir is an offshoot of the amazing Opera North ‘In Harmony’
This week has been Volunteers Week. This is a natural story for us. It’s bang on message, it fits with our mission and was a great opportunity to piggy back on a story that was likely to be picked up regional and national media. We regularly write up local projects
Sepp Blatter and the FIFA scandal are all over the front pages this week. It’s hardly a South Leeds story, or is it? Football is loved by many thousands of South Leeds citizens. We are home to one of England’s great clubs – itself not a stranger to scandal. More
Phone hacking is back in the news with the Daily and Sunday Mirror having to make big payouts to their victims. I think this case raises some big questions for journalism and the state of the press. Phone hacking at the Mirror was described as being on an industrial scale,
It seems Asda are playing fast and loose with the planning system. We have chronicled on these pages the changes Asda have sought and in some cases gained to their original plans. It seems this is standard practice, get permission for what is acceptable and then keep pushing for longer