What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The GATE Community Resource Centre in Belle Isle hosted the inaugural Belle Isle 500 competition awards ceremony on Tuesday (5 December 2017). Belle Isle 500 is a short story competition for key stage 2 pupils in the area and this year involved pupils from Windmill Primary School, Low Road Primary
Cockburn School always produces a show for Christmas and this year it is School of Rock which opened tonight (5 December 2017). The show tells the story of Dewey Finn, a slacker rock guitarist who finds himself teaching rock’n’roll to primary school children. This heartwarming story is told through song
The first phase of new Urban Bike Park in Middleton Park was officially opened on Friday (1 December 2017). Speaking at the opening Cllr Judith Blake (Leader of Leeds City Councillor and member for Middleton park ward) spoke enthusiastically about the growth in popularity of cycling in Leeds since the
Police are appealing for witnesses after a scooter rider was left with serious injuries after a road traffic collision in South Leeds early this morning (5 December 2017). The incident happened at 3:50am on Dewsbury Road at the junction with Trentham Street when the bike and a dark-coloured Volkswagen were
It’s that time of the year again when we start thinking about Christmas. It’s difficult to imagine some children and young people won’t get a gift at Christmas. The truth is that some areas in Leeds have families that don’t have enough resources to buy presents. As a charity, The
Two young people from South Leeds have just returned from Washington DC where they have been representing the UK as student ambassadors. Krissie Murray from Belle Isle and Rabbi Mbata from Hunslet are part of the Bridge To Employment project. They applied for the three year scheme when they were
Police are appealing for information to trace a man who is wanted in connection with a serious assault in South Leeds. Leeds District CID want to trace Benjamin Kendal, aged 29, from Moortown, in connection with a serious assault on a 37-year-old man in Hunslet on June 4. The victim
Having been a resident of Beeston for nearly twenty years, moving here initially to attend university in 2000, I have seen many changes occur across South Leeds and the city as a whole. At the dawn of the millennium, areas that had become run down over a relatively short period
Friday 10 November 2017 saw the Head Boy and Head Girl taking assembly and School Council members teaching classes across the school as Hunslet Carr Primary School enjoyed its annual Takeover Day. Members of the School Council plus other Year 6 children took on roles across the school. Abigail and
Leeds Federated Housing Association has applied for planning permission to build 18 new affordable homes on vacant land off Acre Road in Middleton. The plans include 2 four-bedroom houses, 8 three-bedroom houses and 8 two-bedroom houses. Every house will have its own garden and two off road parking spaces. The