What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A gang feud that saw cars burned out and houses rammed by 4×4 vehicles appears to be over. An injunction was granted against seven men at a hearing in Bradford last December. Prosecutions had been brought for some of the crimes, but the injunction granted under legislation enacted in 2009
Director of Motive8 North Gym in Holbeck Urban Village goes for gold at 2017 Soria ETU Duathlon European Championships Jenny Cromack, director at Motive8 North Personal Training Studio and Gym in Holbeck Urban Village, is set to go for gold this April as she has been chosen to represent Team
Age UK Leed’s Digital Angels has been working in South Leeds since September 2016. Digital Angels is all about getting older people who are socially isolated and living in South Leeds online, through both one to one interventions with volunteers and group activities delivered in community venues. This service is
The EM2 Locomotive Society in Bradford are fundraising to restore OLIVe, the Overhead Line Inspection Vehicle, that has been a regular at Middleton Railway. Readers may remember that OLIVe was nearly destroyed in a pointless arson attach at Middleton Railway’s Moor Road base in Hunslet. A spokesperson for the EM2
Major landscaping and alterations work is underway on Hunslet Moor – but local residents, who only recently formed a ‘Friends Of’ group to help manage and improve the park, have expressed frustration that they weren’t consulted or even warned that the work was due. Hunslet Moor – the green space
Maple Homes, who are building houses in Hunslet, have stepped up to sponsor Hunslet Warriors’ 2017 kit. Having gone to school with the coach of Hunslet Warriors, one of the directors at Leeds-based Maple suggested they link up to put something back into the community. Having played together as children,
As reported in South Leeds Life at the time, West Yorkshire Police last month carried out a high-profile operation in Beeston Hill, with several dozen officers – including a number with firearms – raiding properties suspected of arms and drug offences. However, following the relatively limited results of the raids,
Thursday (2 March 2017) was World Book Day and it was celebrated in schools across South Leeds. At New Bewerley Community School in Beeston they decided to change the focus somewhat. In previous years children had been encouraged to dress up as their favourite book, or character. This year they
The opening Kingstone Press League One fixture played out in appalling conditions on a muddy pitch with driving rain throughout, finished in a well earned 10-6 victory for Hunslet RLFC at South Leeds Stadium on Sunday afternoon (5 March 2017). The poor conditions did not allow any exciting rugby league
If you’re reading this on Monday then it is exactly one month since I stopped smoking. According to the “stopping smoking timeline” things that you can find all over the internet this means that my circulation is improving. I fully expect that as you’re reading these words I am right