What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Here’s another entry for the 2019 St Luke’s CARES Community Awards, it has been submitted by Ken Ingram on behalf of Middleton Elderly Aid’s Arm In Arm walking group. For details of how YOUR community group can enter please click here. I was asked about a year ago by Sam,
Leeds Playhouse never fails to impress the audience with a clever set and well staged performance. The same and much more was true of Kes, a brisk and well-choreographed play that captured honestly the raw emotions of Barry Hines’s novel and its classic film adaption. Lucas Button is outstanding in
Before Christmas Year 6 children at Cottingley Primary Academy wrote to their MP and Councillors to express their concerns about the Cottingley Hall estate. The pupils raised a range of issues in their well crafted letters: “Residents are embarrassed of where they live because their environment is getting ruined and
Back in October we reported that Slung Low, Holbeck’s own theatre company, was moving from under the viaduct to The Holbeck club. I caught up with Artistic Director Alan Lane to find out how the move was going. I arrived to find the power off at the club as workmen
Coroner’s officers are appealing for information to help trace the relatives of Alan Pickersgill. Mr Pickersgill aged 82 from the Middleton Park area of Leeds, died on Wednesday 23 January 2019 his cause of death is yet to be determined but his death is not being treated as suspicious. Officers would like
The UK’s largest Valentines Event is back in Leeds for the Half Term holidays as the famous Valentine’s Fun Fair opening Thursday 14 February until Sunday 24 February on the Elland Road Car Parks alongside Leeds United Football Club. Amongst the array of Roller Coasters, thrill rides, family rides, Dodgems,
West Yorkshire Police have issued the following statement about the Police presence on Helston Road, Middleton: Shortly after midnight today (Wednesday 30 January 2019) officers attended an address on Helston Road in Middleton. A 45-year-old male was arrested for possession of an offensive weapon at the address and was taken
UPDATED: This event has now been postponed until March This Veganuary, animal welfare charity Viva! will be hitting the streets of South Leeds to give away free vegan cappuccinos. Viva! – Europe’s largest vegan campaigning charity – are visiting three major cities to give away free vegan cappuccinos. The
Middleton and Belle Isle Councillor Paul Truswell spoke passionately about the need for more social housing at the last Council meeting (16 January 2019), and welcomed plans for extra care housing in Middleton for older people. He and his colleagues, Judith Blake and Kim Groves, are also pressing for more
Terminal illness charity, Marie Curie, needs the help of volunteers in South Leeds to give two hours of their time to hand out the charity’s iconic daffodil pins, in return for donations. The charity’s annual fundraiser, the Great Daffodil Appeal, takes place in February and March and Marie Curie are