What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Ever fancied stepping in the ring or getting the room roaring with laughter? Now you can, with a free 8-week training course (worth £300) in boxing, mixed martial arts (MMA), or comedy, delivered by professionals. After you complete your training you have the chance to feature in a thrilling final
Year 11 students at Cockburn School and Cockburn John Charles Academy celebrated the end of their school life with glamorous Proms at the Village Hotel in Tingley. In August there were further celebrations when they collected their exam results. News of these results will follow in a future edition of
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 Holbeck, where the Tower Works Street Fest is already in full swing. With some of the very
A charity golf day held at Darrington Golf Club near Pontefract has raised more than £3,000 for the palliative and bereavement support charity, Sue Ryder. Organised by 46-year-old Company Director Chris Otley, from Middleton, and his colleague Kris Parker from SixtyEightDegrees, the fundraiser was ‘a way of giving back’ to Sue
The agenda for the next meeting of the Inner South Community Committee, made up of the nine Councillors for our three wards: Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park, has been published. The meeting, which is open to the public, is taking place at Beeston Hill United Free
Leeds Credit Union (LCU), in a groundbreaking partnership with software companies LendingMetrics and Singlify, is set to transform the credit union sector with the introduction of a new loan decisioning platform. The integration of cutting-edge technology from Lending Metrics’ Auto Decision Platform and the comprehensive features of the Singlify Loan
Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy in Middleton was inspected by Ofsted in June 2024. During the inspection, inspectors judged ‘the quality of education’ along with ‘behaviour and attitudes’ and ‘leadership and management as Good. ‘Personal development’ was judged to be Outstanding, leading to an overall effectiveness judgement of Good. During their
“I want to go to the very end of the canal”, my five year old Alice said to me one day in spring. I thought about it some and decided why not give it a try and see how we get on. In the lead up to the trip we
This year BasementArtsProject has received funding from Arts Council England towards the first stages of a project that will culminate in an exhibition and public sculpture for South Leeds. Annabelle Richmond-Wright is an artist based in Middleton; South Leeds and 2021 graduate of Leeds Arts University.
Keighley Cougars 40-22 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet fell short at Cougar Park today (25 August 2024) despite their rivals having a man sent off just before half time. The Parksiders were well in the game before the dismissal, but couldn’t press home their man advantage and now drop into fourth place