What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Half term saw two Rugby League camps at South Leeds Stadium run by Leeds Rugby Foundation South Leeds Development Officer Lois Forsell and Hunslet Hawks Head Coach Barry Eaton. Monday was the turn of the girls who were put through their paces and demonstrated excellent skills throughout the session.
I had an unlikely and strangely uplifting experience last Friday. I say unlikely, because if you asked my daughter she would explain categorically that I cannot sing. I’ve lost count of the times she’s pleaded with me to “shut up” as I try to sing along to a favourite
The Hunslet Club – Saturday 2 November The Hunslet Club hosts its annual Fireworks Display this Saturday (2 November 2013). Gates open 6pm with display starting approximately 7:30. Numbers are limited to 300 people for health and safety reasons so arrive early to avoid disappointment. Bar will remain open until late.
Holbeck in Leeds has moved a step closer to becoming one of the first inner-city areas in the country to create its own localised plan to encourage development and regeneration. As part of the Localism Act 2011, communities can create a neighbourhood plan which can influence development and improve
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week with some very worrying photos on Skelton Grange Environment Centre’s Facebook Page. It looks like something’s gone wrong at the Experimental Viruses division of The Skelton Corporation. Could
Land Securities, owner of White Rose Shopping Centre, has confirmed three deals have been secured, creating an additional 40 job opportunities within the scheme. Simply Be, Jacamo and Quiz have opened in the centre for the first time and Bank has doubled the size of its store, with a
If you have been into the city centre recently you might have seen this advert on the Albion Street Boots site. It is part of a nationwide campaign to find a bone marrow donor for a little boy called Gaurav Bains, from Tipton in the West Midlands. According to
BITMO’s GATE – the new community resource centre in the old Belle Isle library building – was formally opened on Friday (25 October 2013) by Hilary Benn MP. [slideshow_deploy id=’20104′] Photos by Kenneth Ingram Speaking before he cut the ribbon, Hilary Benn praised BITMO for its vision in creating
There is a conference taking place today in Leeds to look at what can be done about high cost lending. The figures are stark, if Leeds residents borrowed money at normal bank rates of interest, collectively we would save £60m. That’s £60m that can be spent on food, clothing
So the park and ride off Elland Road has received the go ahead after all. The Leeds Citizen blog was there and reports city councillors today approved the plans 11-1. The proposals were for a 425-space main car park, with 15 dedicated disabled spaces and an overspill area for another