What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Residents of Beeston’s award-winning sustainable development, Greenhouse, will be supporting the annual Earth Hour Event tomorrow by coming together with their neighbours for a night of going back to basics. Getting involved with Saturday’s international initiative, ‘The Big Switch Off’, Greenhouse developers, Citu are inviting residents to come together in their
The long history of Middleton Park – which includes death, mining and some really colourful stories – was featured in a talk to the Middleton Life local history project by a couple of community stalwarts. Alan Shaw and Jim Jackson, of the Friends of Middleton Park group, spoke to 15
New teams are starting up for next season at Middleton Park FC this weekend, writes Wayne Dixon. These include: Under 15 Girls (Year 9 and 10 at school), training starts Saturday 31st March, 11am. Tots Squad (children 18 month to 3 years), training starts Sunday 1st April, 10am-10.45am. Costs £1 per
Are you interested in making your own comics and drawing? Are you aged ten or over? Pop along to Beeston Library in Town Street during the Easter holidays and learn how to make your own comicbook with top artist Jim Medway. Here are the details… [scribd id=87250210 key=key-11vlaftjuqzl8fe7q1ff mode=list]
City & Holbeck Police are appealing for information after a security guard collecting cash from a Beeston fast food restaurant was robbed this morning. The guard was confronted by two males, one of whom was armed with a knife, outside McDonald’s, in Elland Road, at about 7.10am this morning. He was forced
Two members of the Hunslet Club Wednesday night youth club, Kieran and Cameron present a video guided tour of their club, check it out, including our brand new state-of-the-art Games Zone! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVFUE7IQLnY] We reckon they could be the next Ant & Dec! The club has a busy weekend ahead with
Calling all Middleton residents! Do you have a great garden? Want to win prizes like £10 and £20 garden centre vouchers? ‘Middleton in Bloom’ wants to hear from you! The group is encouraging local people to enter their garden competition. Categories include Best Small Garden, Best Large Garden, Best Baskets and
Are you green fingered? Your local councillors invite you to a meeting to discuss setting up a Belle Isle in Bloom Group. Following in the successful traditions of Beeston in Bloom and Holbeck in Bloom, which both won silver medals at last year’s Yorkshire in Bloom competition, Belle Isle in
Belle Isle Family Centre will play host to the area’s second movie night next month when families will be able to come together to watch Steven Spielberg’s animated film The Adventures of Tin Tin. The first Belle Isle Movie Night, which featured animated film Rio, proved very popular. There will even be proper
In answer to our fun poll yesterday, by 1934 a total of 2,377 dwellings had been built on the new housing estate in Middleton. Well done of you knew the answer! In 1919/20 it was decided a new estate in Middleton was needed to replace slum housing. Houses were built