What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Plans to expand Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium could be approved if parking and road safety concerns are resolved. The city council and club bosses hope to avoid a delay to the project, which would eventually boost seating capacity to 53,000. A first phase of the scheme would see the
A £1.2m government grant is set to boost efforts to help homeless people sleeping on the city’s streets. The council is planning use the cash to help prevent rough sleeping and get people into safe accommodation. It will help pay for cold weather shelters, extra staff and support for people
Already a disabled youth voice representative and accessibility advocate, 15-year-old Mikey J Marsden is standing for election to the UK Youth Parliament. Mikey is a student at Cockburn School in Beeston and last year became ill with an incurable disability called Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS). PoTS is a dysfunction of
Marston’s and the Royal British Legion (RBL) are launching brand new, limited-edition commemorative glasses for this year’s Poppy Appeal, with RBL ambassador Ross Kemp encouraging punters to visit one of over 1,000 pubs to get their hands on one this November. Following last year’s Raise a Glass campaign, which raised
The Cockburn John Charles Academy Under-16 basketball team has kicked off their National Basketball League campaign in impressive fashion, securing convincing wins in their opening matches. After narrowly missing out on the championship title last year, the team has been training relentlessly, determined to go one better this season. Their
We have all cheered on our Olympic Gold Medal rowers like Sir Steve Redgrave and Katherine Grainger – it’s a sport we are really quite good at – but did you know that there’s a rowing club in South Leeds that is both encouraging beginners to try out and aiming
We have been distributing copies of our November newspapers to 200 pick up points around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (30 October 2025). Copies are, or soon will be, available from various food shops including Beeston Nisa as well as many small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs &
Permission has been granted to run a bar and outdoor events in a dockside community in the city. The council has granted a permanent licence for alcohol sales at a venue in Leeds Dock. It will see a cafe-bar allowed to open and gives permission for outdoor events on up
Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy, Cockburn School and Cockburn John Charles Academy took part in Restart a Heart week, engaging all Year 8 students in essential life-saving CPR training. The initiative is aimed at equipping young people with vital skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and saw students actively participating in hands-on
