What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hunslet RLFC’s final warm up match will be against local amateurs Hunslet Club Parkside on Sunday (29 January 2017). The match tales place at South Leeds Stadium with a 3pm kick off. Admission prices are just £10 for Adults, £5 Concessions (over 65’s) and it’s FREE for Under 16’s. It
Customers of the lunchtime circuit training sessions at the John Charles Centre for Sport are up in arms at the scrapping of Friday lunchtime circuit sessions, leaving only two sessions each week, when there used to be five a year ago. Regular users say they are finding it difficult to
Police are appealing for information after a business owner was robbed of her takings in Belle Isle. At about 11.30pm on Wednesday night (25 January 2017), the victim, a 40-year-old woman, was driving along Broom Grove, Belle Isle, when she was forced to stop by a small silver car which
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week down at The Works skate park in Hunslet. As well the many great things they do with scooters and skateboards, yesterday they held a ‘foam gun thunder’
From Sunday 19 February 2017 the No. 12 bus route will be extended to serve the White Rose Shopping Centre. This will enable residents from Hunslet, Belle Isle, and Middleton to access the centre by a frequent direct bus service. This will be a great benefit to the community, enabling residents from areas
Local group Save Our Beeston has offered its help to get the clock at St Mary’s church back in working order. The church will be holding a sponsored walk on Sunday 12 March and the 5,000 strong Facebook group is calling on its members to back the event. The walk
If you’ve been inspired by television programmes like Time Team, or Meet The Ancestors, you will be interested in the work of the South Leeds Archaeology (SLA) group. Formed fourteen years ago the group of volunteers have worked a number of ‘digs’ in the area including a mining survey in
The first half term school holidays are coming up in the week of the 13-17 February 2017. Here is a round up of some of the activities to keep your children interested, active and occupied. Hunslet Club As usual The Hunslet Club will be running an activity camp through half
1st March 2017 From 1pm. Make Time for a Cuppa with Dementia UK Locals hold tea party to raise funds to help families face dementia The cakes are baked and the kettle’s bubbling because it’s Time for a Cuppa at BITMOs Gate on Wednesday 1 March 1pm. Aberfield Gate,
About a decade ago a small dentist told me to go to “my happy place” while struggling to remove one of the rotten tombstones clinging to my gums. My initial reaction was to think “I’ll send you to your happy place in a minute”, and the only thing that stopped