What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start with a plug – watch out for Stank Hall Barn on the telly on Thursday (5 December), it will feature in Restoring England’s Heritage (7:30pm BBC1) presented by John Sergeant.
Heather Wagstaff from Middleton, was absolutely delighted to not only win a national volunteering award – but to have it presented by her hero, BBC Countryfile presenter and native Yorkshireman, John Craven! Heather was nominated by The Conservation Volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment Centre for the Big Lottery and
If you’ve ever wanted to own a Police station, now is your opportunity as Holbeck Police Station has been put on the market. The building is 33,433 square feet and sits on a 2.1 acre site is being advertised as a refurbishment opportunity, but is more realistically likely to
“We don’t do it for fun, or to change the world.” So said Paul Napier, a director at Johnston Press plc and former editor of the Yorkshire Evening Post, at a meeting I was at last week. Hmmm. Well, here at South Leeds Towers I like to think we
Young people who no longer use the name Mohammed in their job applications and don’t refer to Beeston in their address. Women being verbally abused and having their hijabs (headscarves) pulled off in the street. These were the real examples of Islamophobia today in South Leeds that Hanif Malik,
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. It doesn’t matter whether you think you are an art lover or not, it’s big, it’s new and it’s on our patch so go down and enjoy yourself. The Tetley is opening
Recruitment has started for the new Aldi store at Middleton Park Circus which is due to open in March 2014. South Leeds Life has seen job adverts for Store Assistants and Store Assistants, although these are not yet on the Aldi, or Employment Leeds websites. Both posts are for
St Luke’s CARES is the latest group to become a Friend of South Leeds Life… The overarching mission of St Luke’s CARES’ work is to have a positive impact on the local community in South Leeds by helping individuals to identify and overcome barriers which prevent them from achieving their
Councillors and residents got together on Saturday morning (23 November 2013) to help plan the future of the troubled South Leeds Youth Hub. Speaking at the start of the meeting, Councillor Kim groves said: “The Youth Hub has been a headache from day one. It hasn’t engaged with local people
The Friends of Stank Hall Barn are raising concerns that 15th century Cad Beeston, perhaps the oldest house in Leeds, could be damaged by new owners. As South Leeds Life reported, Cad Beeston, is to be sold at auction on 6 December. Members of the Friends of Stank Hall