Month: November 2023

Local business calls for Government support for switch to green energy

Hunslet-based LVF Packaging has called on the Government to incentivise manufacturers and other high energy users to switch to renewable forms of energy. The thermoformed packaging specialist, which already produces most of the electricity it requires to operate on a 24/7 basis through a solar power installation and a low

Celebration of early childhood kicks off this November in Leeds

Parents, babies and professionals will be taking part in events across Leeds to celebrate Baby Week, a weeklong celebration of early childhood, from Tuesday (14 November 2023). Celebrating differences, understanding cultures, and taking inspiration from art, play, and self-identity are the core ideas running throughout the week, with this year’s

Lakers’ Hunslet Handicap raises funds for Wheatfields

Local running club South Leeds Lakers hosted a pie’n’peas and quiz night along with their club night to raise money for Wheatfields Hospice last Tuesday (7 November 2023). The club meets on a Tuesday at Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club and usually has 4 or 5 different runs going out with

Primary pupils’ Act of Remembrance

Pupils from Low Road Primary School in Hunslet and Windmill Primary School in Belle Isle visited the War Memorial in Hunslet Cemetery this morning (10 November 2023) to pay their respects ahead of Remembrance Day. The delegations were made up of the Head Boys and Girls from each school. The