What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Kidz Klub Leeds, a faith based, grassroots children’s charity dedicated to transforming lives in inner-city Leeds through the love of God, has been awarded the King’s Award for Voluntary Service – the highest accolade a UK voluntary group can receive. This national honour recognises the outstanding commitment of Kidz Klub’s
Leeds is marking a major milestone as the birthplace of Baby Week UK when the annual event for the city’s youngest residents returns – and this year celebrates its 10th anniversary. Running from November 14-20 2025 at venues across the city, the week aims to showcase the wealth of support
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (16 November 2025) exploring the tramway that ran through the woods. One hundred years ago, on 10 November 1925 the Ministry of Transport inspector checked over the new tramway from Leeds to Middleton. Two
People in West Yorkshire are being invited to have their say to help design the inside of the region’s Weaver Network buses. West Yorkshire’s integrated Weaver Network will incorporate a new publicly-owned and run bus system, when franchised services are introduced in 2027 and 2028. A consultation has been launched
A man has been jailed for life after being convicted of the murder of Darren Leach in Leeds. William Joyce, aged 38, of Woodview Terrace, Beeston, was unanimously found guilty of murder and theft last Friday following a trial at Leeds Crown Court. He appeared again today (12 November 2025)
Children from Lane End Primary School took part in this year’s Remembrance Day ceremony at the Leeds War Memorial on Sunday 9 November proudly representing schools from across the city. Lane End was given the honour of laying the official poppy wreath on behalf of all Leeds schools, a moment
White Rose Shopping Centre is hosting a once-in-a-lifetime event on Wednesday 26 November 2025: an attempt to set a world record for the most high fives in 30 seconds with a seasonal twist, as all participants will be on ice skates. Joining the record-breaking skate are local ice hockey superstars
The expansion of a special needs school with 100 extra places could be given formal approval by council planners. A planning application setting out proposals for the re-building of Broomfield South school in Belle Isle has been submitted. The project would see part of the Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre (SILC)
Communities across South Leeds are preparing for the festive season with a series of events to switch on Christmas Lights starting this week. The first communitiy to illuminate will be Hunslet as Hunslet Tenants and Residents Association have organised to switch on the lights in Hunslet Square, outside the Library,
A planning application has been submitted by Microsoft to build a data centre on the site of the former Skelton Grange power station in Stourton. Data Centres house ranks of servers (computers) providing computer power and storage for ‘the cloud’ and for artificial intelligence operations. They require large quantities of