What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Pupils from Cottingley Primary Academy are ‘on tour’ this week, bringing festive cheer to locations around South Leeds this week. Children from each class have visited different venues to sing carols and raise money to help improve the outdoor play facilities at the school. On Monday (9 December 2024) children
Leeds-based finance recruitment consultancy Headstar has partnered with Zarach, a children’s bed charity, to tackle bed poverty by providing vital support to local families in need. As part of its Donate A Day initiative, seven Headstar employees helped deliver more than 40 beds to children across Leeds and Bradford who
Plant Based Councils is a nationwide campaign to get councils to switch to 100% plant based food and drink for internal meetings and events. We promoted our campaign for Leeds City Council at the ‘Great Yorkshire Vegan Festival’ which was held at the John Charles Centre for Sport recently. It
The Royal Armouries museum at Leeds Dock in Hunslet is the only UK museum to be included in the TikTok content round-up of the year. Every year the social media giant TikTok, famed for its short form mobile video content, scour channels from all over the world for the best
Beeston boxing promoter Tristan Haynes is anticipating an “exciting and exhilarating” show next Saturday as two teenage fighters compete for the Haynes Promotions title belt with Kalem Pickles making his first title defence. “I won the light heavyweight belt in September,” said Pickles, 19, whose ambition is to become “the
A number of South Leeds groups joined Active Leeds for a Leeds Equipment and Kit Exchange Partnership (LEKEP) event in November to celebrate becoming global winners for ‘purpose led partnership’ at the Sports Positive Awards 2024 and to explore how we can collectively continue making a difference across Leeds. The
Middleton Primary School recently marked Anti-Bullying Week with a series of activities aimed at helping students understand and combat bullying in all its forms. The school sees Anti-Bullying Week as a vital opportunity to teach children about kindness, respect, and how they can make a difference in creating a safer
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 2 December 2024. Click on the description to see the full application: Continuation of temporary car parking use
After the incredible end to last season, winning three consecutive away games to get promotion from League 1 to the Championship, Hunslet have been recruiting for what will be a tough year in the game’s second tier. After quite a quick turn around the Parksiders have a 28 man squad
This year’s Christmas production at Cockburn School was Legally Blonde. The show was seen by a total audience of 1,000 people at four evening performances and one matinee for local primary schools. We went along to the matinee which was attended by pupils from Hugh Gaitskell, Park View, Hunslet Carr