What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Watching the BBC programme What Do Artists Do All Day? on artist Norman Ackroyd recently you might have been intrigued to hear a mention of his South Leeds roots, while he was busy creating an acid-etched picture on sheet metal. A meat trade start; Ringtons Tea Factory; Beeston Hill; and working
The Friends of Middleton Park run activities every Sunday afternoon from 6 May through to the end of September. We are really excited about our programme of activities this year. We hope that we have managed to achieve a blend of activities and events to ensure that at least some
Police are appealing for information after an 11-year-old boy was grabbed by a man in Leeds. The boy had been playing with a friend near to a block of garages in Broom Nook, Belle Isle, at about 5.45pm yesterday (Sunday 29 April 2018) when the friend went off to a
Hunslet RLFC travelled to Kingston Park for a tough encounter with Necastle Thunder this afternoon (29 April 2018) which saw the north east side secure their first home win of the season. The first half was closely fought, but Newcastle pulled away in the second period scoring 12 unanswered points.
On Sunday 15 April the newly formed Hunslet Club Solitaires took part in their first in-house competition at The Hunslet Club. The troupe was formed by Charlotte Roberts and Natalie Francis in October 2017 and already has a membership of over 50 dancers taking part. The event was attended by
Have you read the May edition of our South Leeds Life newspaper yet? We’ve been distributing copies to community venues throughout LS10 and LS11. Copies are available from libraries, schools, community centres, GP practices, shops and other community venues. Copies are also available at Dewsbury Road Tescos. You can find
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 April 2018: Change of use of house (C3) to a house in multiple occupation (C4) 53 Wickham Street
Just before the Easter holiday, teams from four South Leeds schools came together to compete in a Poetry Slam. The event was held in the theatre at Cockburn School and gave children from three primary schools an insight into life in ‘big school’. Middleton Primary School were back to defend
Police are appealing for information after a four-year-old girl was grabbed by a man in the street in Beeston. Shortly after 11.30am on Thursday (26 April 2018) a mother was walking with her daughter and son in Lodge Lane, Beeston. As they were crossing Lodge Lane to Dawson Road a
The inaugural Middleton Woods parkrun will take place on Saturday (28 April 2018), starting from Leeds Urban Bike Hub (the former golf clubhouse) at 9am. parkrun is a free, weekly, 5km run or walk. To take part you need to register online and print off a bar code – you