What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Disruption to services for people in Leeds with disabilities and special educational needs over safety concerns has ended after Unite members accepted improvements to conditions. As we reported, around 80 workers at Leeds Council Passenger Transport walked out in January after funding cuts saw staff and passengers suffering injuries due to
Strikes by around 80 Unite members at Leeds City Council Passenger Transport this week have been suspended after the employer came back with plans to tackle problems within the service. Workers involved in the dispute were due to walk out today and tomorrow (22 and 23 January 2026) as well
There will be disruption to Leeds council passenger transport services beginning this month, as almost 80 Unite members will strike over safety fears from tomorrow (9 January 2026). The workers involved in dispute include drivers who take service users, including children and older adults with learning difficulties, special needs and
The NHS in West Yorkshire is urging people to plan ahead for their healthcare needs as it prepares for extended strike action by doctors later this week. The next planned junior doctors’ action is over five days from Thursday 13 to Tuesday 18 July 2023. This will be followed by
Public services across South Leeds will be affected by a 24 hour strike taking place on Thursday 10 July 2014. Industrial action on a range of issues to do with pay and pensions is being taken by council staff, teachers, firefighters and civil servants. Many schools and offices will
The reports of the terrible mining disaster in Turkey this week remind me that that South Leeds is honeycombed by mine workings and has suffered its share mining deaths in the past. For example, nine men died at Beeston Main Colliery in 1847 when they broke into old workings
Industrial action by teachers means that many of our schools are affected by partial closures today (Wednesday 26 March 2014). The information below is taken from the Leeds City Council website and was up to date at 8am. Beeston Hill St Luke’s Church of England Primary School Year 2
Twenty schools in South Leeds will be affected by a teacher’s strike tomorrow, Tuesday 1 October. Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of School Masters and the Union of Women teachers (NASUWT) will be on strike. The industrial action is part of a
This great article appeared over on the Beyond Guardian Leeds blog. We know our readers like their local history, so we thought we’d reblog it here. Many of the events took place at the gas works on Meadow Lane (the gas holders are still there), the adjacent Midland Goods Station