What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
We will be opening the Lakeside Centre every Sunday 2-4p.m. from 1st May until the end of September. Do come and join us for a cuppa! Sunday 3 Teas in the Park. Sunday 10 James Farrell Concert Band & Teas in the Park. Sunday 17 Winthorpe Whirlers Majorettes & Teas
The following open letter has been sent to Leeds City Councillors Keith Wakefield and Adam Ogilvie: Dear Keith Wakefield & Adam Ogilvie SOUTH LEEDS SPORTS CENTRE It is some time now since the sports centre was temporarily closed and we at SPLASH are concerned that whilst we have heard from
Are you enjoying Wimbledon? Why not play yourself? There are free tennis courts available around south Leeds including Middleton Park and Cross Flatts Park. For the younger player, Leeds City Council’s Sports Development team will be running tennis camps through the school holidays including two at the John Charles centre,
You may have seen in the press that the Children’s Heart Unit at Leeds General Infirmary is due to be closed. A petition of 500,000 signatures has been gathered and presented to 10 Downing Street. Here’s the story as reported in the Yorkshire Evening Post. (photo from YEP) The consultation
I was very annoyed this morning to read that metal thieves have struck at Middleton Railway station (www.middletonrailway.org.uk) crippling the trains from running a full timetable. For a theft worth just £30 in scrap metal, an estimated £30,000 worth of damage/lost takings has been caused. Middleton Railway is a fantastic local
By Sherriden Hall, age 12 The Hunslet Club is a place where kids and young people can come and do loads of different things One of the things it organises is an annual trip away for people who come to the club, this year we went to Ambrieres les Vallées in
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something silly this way comes” Last night I joined an audience of 400 to sit under the trees and watch Oddsocks Theatre perform their unique take on “the Scottish play” – Shakespeare’s Macbeth. We enjoyed a spirited and very funny performance, surviving two rain
The next meeting of the Council’s Inner South Area Committee will be on Tuesday 21st June at 6:30pm at Beeston Village Community Centre (former Beeston Library on St Anthony’s Drive, behind the Co-op). Tuesday’s agenda includes: The Committee’s roles and responsibilities for 2011/12 including their role in street cleaning and
If you’ve ever been into the Hillside building on Beeston Road you will have walked past and hopefully looked at the painting in the reception. “Bees Magic and Holy Beck” is a triptych by Bruce Rimell, commissioned for the opening of Hillside in 2008. It is a colourful and unique
Residents living in Beeston are the latest to have a chance to transform their front gardens so that they are full of home grown fruits and vegetables. ASHA, a local community group, has successfully secured funding from NHS Leeds to bring the innovative Back to Front project to Beeston. As