What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On the same afternoon that Sutton United were creating their own history with the round ball in the FA Cup with victory against Leeds United, Hunslet Club Parkside of National Conference League Division 1 outfought their semi professional neighbours Hunslet RLFC in an entertaining game at a cold South Leeds
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 23 January 2017: Change of use of indoor football (D2) to form trampolining centre (D2); external alterations and reconfiguration
Stars Maxine Peake, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) and John Bishop were at The Holbeck today as the club became a film set for the day. [slideshow_deploy id=’57839′] With the car park full of trucks and a lighting rig by the front door, the club was used by the makers
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