What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Following the hottest and driest summer on record with frequent pictures on our TVs of empty reservoirs revealing previous villages which had been submerged, there have been calls to re-nationalise our water supply. But water was never a nationalised industry or service. After the widespread cholera outbreaks in the early
Yorkshire Water has announced that it will introduce a hosepipe ban from Friday 26 August 2022. Yorkshire Water’s director of water, Neil Dewis, said: “Parts of Yorkshire have seen the lowest rainfall since our records began more than 130 years ago. The hot, dry, weather means that Yorkshire’s rivers are
Walk down Lower Briggate, cross Call Lane at the traffic lights then turn left and walk east for a few paces and there on your right is a nondescript back street going down to the River Aire. This is Pitfall Street, at the bottom of the street but clear of
With the cost of living crisis forcing households to reduce their outgoings, Jodie, the Branch Coordinator at Leeds Credit Union, offers some advice on saving money on your energy bills by using less water. Much has already been written about rising energy bills and the impact this is having on
This article is part of the fracking series put together by Frack Free LS26. Hutton Energy has recently bought the license to complete exploratory fracking drills across south Leeds, including in Middleton and Belle Isle, and much of the surrounding area. This series of articles hopes to educate people about
Our sewers are clogging up with fat. This was the key fact I gleaned from watching Watermen: A Dirty Business on the television this week. It seems we are putting more and more waste fat down our sinks. Sinks are wonderful things, aren’t they? They swallow anything and once