What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Here at SLCR we’ve been working hard to produce a series of programmes looking at Health and Wellbeing. The first of these sees Dr Caroline Evans from the University of Sheffield looking at ways of reducing the risk of colon cancer through diet. This is followed by a programme looking
Budding photographers in Leeds are being encouraged to focus their lenses on their local park as part of a competition to celebrate nature and wildlife in the city. Entries for the annual Leeds in Bloom calendar competition are now open, with people of all ages invited to take a
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Leeds Dynamite, the Middleton-based dance and cheerleading squad are USA bound after their latest competition success. The group took 100 dancers and supporters to Telford on Easter Sunday for the UK Championships and came home with four winner’s trophies. The win also means that Dynamite have been invited to represent
The countdown has begun for the close of the region’s largest energy switching scheme. Householders have until midnight on Wednesday, 1st May, to join the Leeds City Council and Community Energy Direct programme. By switching energy provider with the free scheme, households could save an average of £115 a year
Girls from six local high schools took part in a recent Rugby League Festival ahead of the Rugby League World Cup which is being staged in Britain later this year. The Festival took place at South Leeds Stadium, the home of Hunslet Hawks and 70 girls aged 11 to 15
A new housing development in Middleton is offering local people route into working in the construction industry. Sanctuary Group are working with Keepmoat to build 122 new homes in Middleton. Working in partnership with Employment Leeds and Construction and Housing Yorkshire the following opportunities are being made available to local people:
The Asha Neighbourhood Project in Beeston was delighted to host a visit from Oxfam trustees Karen Brown (Oxfam GB chair of trustees), Steve Walton (new trustee), and Sue Turrell (Oxfam GB Deputy International Director). The Trustees visited Asha as part of their introduction to Oxfam’s England programme. The trustees were
Those of you who gave glanced at previous confessions may have come to the conclusions that golf hacking is a solitary affair. I don’t think I have mentioned Old Bob and Invisible Andy, have I? When I decided to become a golf hacker I didn’t have the bottle just to
It’s the 40th anniversary of the closing of the Parkside ground, the historic home of Hunslet rugby league club. On the 21st April 1973 Hunslet played York in the last ever game at Parkside. Geoff Gunney was the last player to leave the pitch after Hunslet lost 5 -22. Thankfully,