What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Appeal to trace missing Rio Worby Police are appealing for anyone who sees a missing Leeds teenager to get in contact. Rio Worby (who is also known as Rio Patrick), 16, was last seen at around 9pm on Friday 6 April 2018 in the Middleton area of Leeds. Rio is
The candidates for the Leeds City Council elections have been announced. We’ve published full lists of the candidates on separate pages for Beeston & Holbeck ward, Hunslet & Riverside ward and Middleton Park ward. All 99 Councillor positions (three in each of 33 wards) are up for election this year
Police are renewing an appeal for witnesses after a woman who was critically injured in a road traffic collision in Leeds died in hospital. The 57-year-old pedestrian was crossing Belle Isle Road in Middleton, near to the junction with West Grange Drive, at 8.14pm on Tuesday 3 April 2018 when
Police are continuing to appeal for the occupant or occupants of a small white car who might hold vital information about a fatal road traffic collision on Middleton Lane, Leeds. The incident happened at around 9:25pm on Friday 23 March 2018 when a 38-year-old male pedestrian, was hit and fatally
Voting has started today (5 April 2018) to decide which of the five shortlisted projects will receive grants of as part of the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards. Since January we have been publicising the work of 23 great local projects helping South Leeds people in so many ways. An
Schoolchildren in Leeds were given the chance to see the famous Tour de Yorkshire trophies last week as the leader of Leeds City Council, Councillor Judith Blake, welcomed them to the city as part of Welcome to Yorkshire’s trophy tour. Each year in the lead up to the race, both
In the last two years over 4,000 boys and girls at local schools have come into contact with Rugby League thanks to Michael Nuttall and the Hunslet Rugby Foundation, part of Hunslet RLFC. Michael spends most of his time in primary schools teaching multi skill sports, children play a range
Still time for swimmers in South Leeds to jump in and make a splash for Swimathon 2018 People in South Leeds have less than one month to sign up to Swimathon, the world’s biggest annual fundraising swim, to raise money for two great causes, Cancer Research UK and Marie Curie.
On Saturday 24 March 2018 a number of motorbikes and quad bikes caused mayhem on the streets and green spaces of Middleton and Belle Isle. Reports on social media described 8 or 9 bikes on the Sissons, the Bodmins, South Leeds Golf Course, Middleton Circus as well as on Belle
Local residents and groups in Beeston Hill have pulled together to create a ‘free library’ and orchard in the garden at Hillside Enterprise Centre – and it’s not cost a penny. Last week (Wednesday 28 March 2018) saw youngsters from the Into University programme working with members of Beeston in