What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
In a significant effort to promote cardiac safety and awareness, Cockburn John Charles Academy hosted its annual Restart a Heart event last month, engaging all Year 8 students in essential life-saving training. The initiative is aimed at equipping young people with vital skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and saw students
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. Volunteers will be meeting at 10am on Saturday at Hunslet Cemetery, Middleton Road, to carry out various tidying up activities. New people
On 12 October 2024 a sculpture called ‘Ribbons’ was unveiled at Quarry Hill between Leeds Playhouse and Leeds City College. This new public artwork by artist Pippa Hale celebrates 383 past and present Leeds women. In a series of curving corten steel ‘ribbons’ are listed the women’s names, all of
On Tuesday (29 October 2024) the six winners of the second ever Booker Prize Indie Bookshop Spotlight were announced and they included Hold Fast Bookshop at Leeds Dock. The competition, carried out for the second year in the row, invited independent bookshops and booksellers from across the UK and Ireland
Planning permission has been granted for the former Holy Spirit church on Tempest Road in Beeston Hill to become an online clothing business and café. The application was discussed by the South & West Plans Panel on 3 October after objections were raised by local ward councillors. The applicants plan
I recently visited the new Community Diagnostic Centre in Beeston. It offers a range of tests – blood tests, spirometry (I learned that’s to do with lungs and breathing) and heart monitoring – and the great thing is that people don’t have to go to the LGI or Jimmy’s to
Funding has been allocated to resolve a ‘bus hotspot’ on South Accommodation Road in Hunslet according to a report published by Leeds City Council last month. An analysis of bus movements shows that during the morning peak of 7-10am buses can take up to 20 minutes to travel 500m, compared
In their first sporting tournament of the academic year, Year 6 pupils from Middleton Primary School took part in a Dodgeball event. A mixed boys and girls team took the trip to Cockburn John Charles Academy. They competed against other local schools and played three dodgeball matches. The children showed
We have been distributing copies of our November newspapers to 200 pick up points around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (31 October 2024). Copies are, or soon will be, available from various neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs and Libraries, community centres, schools and pubs. We deliver to care
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal was given an exclusive behind-the-scenes look today (Wednesday 30 October 2024) at how luxury British-made beds go from farm to factory. The royal visit at British bedmaker Harrison Spinks’ farm at Bolton Percy, York, and its manufacturing facility in Beeston celebrated the family-run business’