Month: November 2019

Talk about the birth of Rugby League in Hunslet

Hunslet RLFC, originally known as Hunslet Northern Union Football Club, were the first club to achieve the feat of ‘all four cups’: Rugby Football League Championship, Challenge Cup, county league (Lancashire League or Yorkshire League) and county cup (Lancashire Cup or Yorkshire Cup). The photo shows the squad pictured at

The fallen were remembered at Holbeck Cemetery

A service was held in Holbeck Cemetery today (10 November 2019) bringing together a broad spectrum of people from the local community and all victims of conflict. Local Councillors and Scout groups, veterans and general public stood side by side as they remembered the fallen. A two minute’s silence was

Pedestrian pensioner dies after being hit by a van in Middleton

Police are appealing for any witnesses to a road traffic collision on New Forest Way in Middleton on Monday evening (4 November 2019). The incident happened at 5:30pm, when pedestrian 75 year old Kath Bichard was hit by a reversing silver coloured Vauxhall Vivaro van. Kath suffered a serious head