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. The days are getting longer and so thoughts turn to community festivals. Beeston Festival has updated its website in preparation for 2014. They’ve adopted a Tour de France theme under the slogan
West Yorkshire Police has an ambition to be a world class police force, where our communities are safer and feel safer. Viper is beating crime in West Yorkshire and putting criminals out of action. We are targeting the most prolific offenders, making arrests in high crime areas across the
The internet, social media, smart phones…all this new technology can be daunting. Parents need to be aware of what children can see and do online and how they can create a safe environment for them. Step 2 Parental controls, limiting time spent online and teaching kids how to be safe
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,
Victims of domestic violence in Leeds are being urged to access a wide range of support services available in the city. Forming part of Leeds 16 Days of Action programme which begins today, a key aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the help that is available
Police numbers in South Leeds are to be increased as a result of a Leeds-wide reorganisation. From early next year, the new Inner South Safer Neighbourhood Team will police across the three Inner South wards. Belle Isle and Middleton will move from the Rothwell team to join the existing
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Council housing in Leeds has returned from the ALMOs to Leeds City Council this week, so we start with a farewell to Aire Valley Homes and its Facebook page and hello to
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Attention art lovers, there is an exhibition at Temple Works in Holbeck this weekend. “Journeys in Asia” by Toby Latham is previewed on The Culture Vulture blog by Emily Hughes: “For me
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We have a new centre for contemporary art on our doorstep. The Tetley – it has a ring to it, doesn’t it? Like The Baltic or The Tate? Anyway it will open
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Friends of Middleton Park have posted a lovely video made by Wakefield Council to remind dog owners to clear up after their pets. “Pooper Scooper” is a reworking of a classic Abba