What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Friends of Middleton Park have unveiled their summer programme of events for 2026 and as usual it includes live music, dance, history walks, some Shakespeare and the Great Middleton Park Show. It starts with Bluebell Walks. FoMP volunteers will meet Middleton Railway passengers at Park Halt at 11:20am, 12:40pm
One of the things that is striking about stark newspaper headlines and the frenzy of social media posts is just what a disconnection there can be between what happens in the Westminster bubble and in the world outside. As usual, I’ve been talking to a fair number of people out
South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting this evening (29 April 2026) as part of our local election coverage. All the candidates standing in the Middleton Park ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: what issues they were most concerned about, fly-tipping,
In the Autumn of 2016, Ken Loach’s social-realist film was hitting the nation’s cinemas, and it got everyone talking. Whilst ‘We’re all in this together’ was bandied about relentlessly by politicians, up on the big screen the everyday, personal tragedy of poverty reflected what many of us were seeing across
The O’Donnell School of Dance was started by Margaret Cook and Sandra Lawson in 1960, and has been an asset to the community ever since. Based in St Andrews’s Church Hall in Beeston, the grassroots dance organisation has welcomed hundreds of children in the 66 years it’s been running, many
The pupils, staff, and wider community of our school Cockburn Reach Academy would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to Lineham Farm for their generous donation of Easter eggs this spring. Their kindness brought enormous joy to our children, making the end of term celebrations even more special. Seeing the
South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting this evening (28 April 2026) as part of our local election coverage. All the candidates standing in the Hunslet & Riverside ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: what issues they were most concerned about,
Following an anonymous letter being posted on social media and further speculation in the comments alledging all sorts of malpractice in the running of the Hamara Healthy Living Centre in Beeston, the charity has made the following statement: We are aware of an anonymous letter currently circulating on social media
The Government have expressed concerns about the growing problem of Childhood obesity in Britain – with now over 30% of children between the ages 2 and 15 classed as overweight or obese. Research shows that more children are becoming obese at earlier ages and staying obese for longer creating huge
