What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This summer sees a positive force campaign around the reduction of drink/drug driving. Drink and drug driving offences can carry really serious consequences for those involved. Not only do you risk your driving licence and potentially your employment/employability, but driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs can have
With its theme of inventions, innovations and discoveries it’s no surprise that South Leeds has plenty to offer as part of this year’s Heritage Open Days festival. Leeds Civic Trust has worked with organisations across the city to put on 140 events for the festival which runs from Friday 9
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder by detectives investigating a shooting in Leeds. In the early hours of this morning (7 September 2022) armed officers executed search warrants at two addresses – one in Bismarck Street, Beeston, and one in Marshall Close, Morley. The warrants were
Wasteland, beyond the window from Northern Monk Refectory, Marshall Street. It may, as part of the city’s expansion plans, be the site of more office buildings to secure more investment for Leeds, thereby strengthening financial security and creating more jobs for the city. Or it might become a park, a
Following our report that Leeds City Council had declined Hunslet RLFC’s £12m investment proposals, which would have involved leasing South Leeds Stadium to the club, the Council has now issued the following statement: “John Charles Centre for Sport is a Leeds City Council owned sports facility, operated by the Council’s
A team from Women’s Health Matters staff, a local Leeds charity based in Beeston, are embarking on a sponsored, circular 100km (62 miles) Walk for Wellbeing around Leeds and through the Leeds countryside. We have set ourselves the challenge of completing this over 3 days, starting on Friday 9 September
No one can deny that Middleton Park plays a massive part in the lives of local people as one of the biggest and oldest parks and woodlands in Leeds with thousands of visitors every year. The Friends of Middleton Park (FoMP), work tirelessly to improve the park and put on
My father, Wesley (Jack) Hollingworth drove the tram on the Middleton Woods route in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. Sometimes on Sunday afternoons, if my father was working, my mother would take me and my brother Philip on an outing to Middleton, walking from our home in Beeston
We have been distributing copies of our September newspaper to venues around LS10 and LS11 since Friday (2 September 2022). Copies are available from various food shops including Beeston Nisa Extra, and Dewsbury Road Tescos as well as many small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs and Libraries, community centres,
Oldham RLFC 30-18 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet’s chance of promotion from League 1 was ended yesterday afternoon (4 September 2022) at the Vestacare Stadium in a tight end to end clash with Oldham. The Roughyeds have been hunting down Hunslet over the last few weeks and ended up with today’s win