What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly man and woman died following a road traffic collision in Beeston. Betty Laird, aged 88, had been the front seat passenger in a Renault Kangoo that was involved in a collision with a Volkswagen Passat in Old Lane, Beeston, at about 2.20pm
The new police station at Elland Road is throwing open its doors to the public on Sunday 28 September 2014. The Open Day event will allow residents to see inside the station including a tour of the custody area. There will also be an opportunity to meet the Leeds
South Leeds Life understands that Asda is applying for further planning permission to install a small petrol station at its Old Lane store in Beeston. The proposal is to install to automated pumps under a canopy on the north side of the site adjacent to the old jam factory
Senior councillors are being recommended to press ahead with the closure of Middleton Park Golf Course at a meeting next Wednesday. Leeds City Council’s powerful executive board will discuss a number of options regarding the long-term viability of both Middleton Park and Gotts Park local authority golf courses. This follows
‘£1 billion World Trade Center plan could transform Leeds’ South Bank’ screamed the headline in the YEP recently. Centred around the Tetley site, a masterplan to help transform “Leeds’ South Bank” over the next 100 years has apparently been drawn up by ‘leading architects and developers in the city’. The ‘One
Once again the Annual Craft, Flower and Produce Show will kick off with an enthusiastic blast. Now in its fifth year the event is artfully run and organised by the Friends of Middleton Park. This is a fantastic opportunity for the whole community to come together and share their gardening,
With the busy Christmas season approaching, shops at the White Rose Shopping Centre preparing to recruit extra staff are holding a Jobs Fair on Thursday 18 September 2014. The Jobs Fair will be held at The Point, Leeds Employment & Skills jobshop within the centre. Businesses including Marks &
Aspiring Communities have prepared new plans for the controversial Ice Pak site on Barkly Road in Beeston and are holding two events to share their plans with local residents. The group’s original plans submitted for planning permission were withdrawn in March this year after hundreds of objections were lodged.
I was at a meeting this week between a residents group and Council officers. We were sorting out the right permissions to move a project forward. One of the officers (no names, no pack drill) was shocked to discover that as a group the residents knew more about the
Northern Ballet’s latest ‘Short Ballets for Small Children’ will be performed at The Hunslet Club next Sunday (14 September 2014). Northern Ballet’s much-anticipated new ballet for children, Elves & the Shoemaker, will have its World Première in Leeds this autumn before touring to 16 venues across the UK in