What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start this week in Beeston at St Andrew’s Community Centre on Cardinal Road where the curtain goes up on this year’s
Eight former Leeds councillors received one of the highest civic honours the city can bestow at a special session of full council yesterday (17 January 2024). The group of former councillors, who have 170 years of public service between them and include a former Lord Mayor and a Deputy Lord
White Rose Shopping Centre has installed new sanitary facilities in its men’s toilets throughout the centre as part of Prostate Cancer UK’s ‘Boys Need Bins’ campaign. The centre was alerted to the campaign by regular visitor Susan Childs, whose family has sadly been impacted by prostate cancer. According to Prostate
Hunslet players have undergone routine cardiac screenings as part of their pre-season preparations ahead of the new campaign. Cardiac screenings used to be optional for clubs but following the tragic death of Keighley’s Danny Jones in 2015 the importance of the screenings has seen them become mandatory. Something welcomed by
re-stART Creative Outreach CIC, a not-for-profit art training company, has been funded to provide free art sessions to people living with Long Covid. The programme is designed to be relaxing and mindful and over eight weekly one-hour sessions participants will create their own art journal or sketchbook. All materials, sketchbooks
People in South Leeds are being encouraged to download the latest version of the NHS App which has been refreshed to make it simpler and easier to access NHS services. Patients using the updated NHS App will find the homepage more streamlined, navigation simpler and the language clearer. Some items have
Middleton Railway have revealed that they are in the running for the prestigious Steam Railway magazine award from the Heritage Railway Association (HRA), but they need your help. They have been nominated, along with the Vintage Carriage Trust, for the overhaul of Manning Wardle 0-6-0 ‘Sir Berkeley’, which we reported
A team of employees from the Amazon sortation centre in Leeds visited the team at the Leeds South and East foodbank to deliver a donation of food and essential supplies worth £1,000. Leeds South and East Foodbank has been supporting the community since 2013, providing emergency food parcels with three
Plans are underway to commemorate ‘The Battle of Holbeck Moor’ when Holbeck saw off Hitler’s friends in 1936. Beeston resident Sam Kirk, who is leading the drive to have a Leeds Civic Trust Blue Plaque installed on behalf of Leeds Stand Up To Racism, explained the events: On the 27
With temperatures across Yorkshire are set to drop this week, and Yorkshire Water is reminding its customers to insulate their pipes to prevent them from freezing and bursting. Temperatures across Yorkshire have dropped this week, and Yorkshire Water is reminding its customers to insulate their pipes to prevent them from