What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This Easter, children and adults of Leeds are invited to eggsperience the magic of the season inside the IncrediBubble, only at White Rose Shopping Centre. Located in the Central Atrium at White Rose will be a giant bubble dome that will be filled to the brim with Easter treats such
A relative in the US recently emailed to tell me that “for reasons of security, privacy and ethics, I’ve dumped my Facebook account.” The revelations about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have probably got us all thinking about who knows what about our lives. The internet is a wonderful thing, Facebook
Beeston families got baking this last month to raise funds for a new school playground – with 50+ entries of cakes, buns, biscuits and snacks entered into a ‘Bake Off’ competition at Beeston Primary School on Monday (26 March 2018). [slideshow_deploy id=’74610′] The judging panel – which featured Sharon Swift from the Whistlestop
This week (Tuesday 27 March 2018) saw a packed-out commemoration service for Jimmy Brogden – a characterful and much-loved Hunslet man and acclaimed sportsman, who recently passed away aged 95 following a short illness. Jimmy was born in Hunslet in January 1923, attended Hunslet Moor Junior and Senior School, then
Today (28 March 2018) the Leeds Poverty Truth Commission will present their Humaifesto to the meeting of Leeds City Council. Below we are publishing South Leeds Life’s #PovertyPledge, but first Nick Carter, one of the Commissioners from South Leeds, explains what it’s all about: That’s a good posh title, but
The April edition of our South Leeds Life newspaper is on its way from the printers. We will be distributing copies to community venues throughout LS10 and LS11 from tomorrow (28 March 2018). Copies will be available from libraries, schools, community centres, GP practices, shops and other community venues. Copies
Two hundred years after the first industrial revolution, Hunslet is once again at the centre of a technological revolution. This time in housing construction. Environmentally sustainable homes that most of us have only seen as unique properties on TV’s Grand Designs will soon be rolling off a production line at
Police have re-issued their appeal for witnesses of a traffic incident that led to the death of a 38 pedestrian on Friday night. The incident happened on Middleton Lane near the junction with Whinthorpe Avenue at around 9:25pm on Friday 23 March 2018. The 28 year old driver of a
Yesterday (25 March 2018) saw a traditional parade through the streets of Beeston Hill complete with donkeys and the Salvation Army band to mark Palm Sunday. [slideshow_deploy id=’74536′] The congregations of the Salvation Army and St Luke’s Church joined together to parade from Hunslet Hall Road, up Lady Pit Lane
Hunslet RLFC travelled to Odsall for their toughest test of the season so far against promotion favourites Bradford Bulls today (25 March 2018). A tough and at times scrappy match saw the Bulls win 32-12. Hunslet had won their last eight competitive matches, but had yet to meet any of