What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Keighley Cougars 30-42 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet got back to winning ways yesterday at Cougar Park (4 April 2026) scoring 7 tries in a high scoring encounter that takes them to 15th in the Championship. Defences were definitely not on top in the first half for either team, but The Parksiders
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 30 March 2026. Click on the description to see the full application: retrospective application for change of use
There have never been more opportunities to share what we think about someone or something. A few taps on a keyboard and our opinions on someone’s work, service, writing, performance, even where to eat or holiday are out in the world. Immediate, visible and often permanent. But somewhere in the
At the end of February, I was delighted to go down to London to meet the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza. The other ambassadors and I for 2026 got a chance to meet and discuss our goals and ideas for the coming year and received some vital
We reached the spring equinox on 21 March, and the season is in full flow with life beginning to erupt all around us with brighter and longer days. The word ‘equinox’ comes from the Latin – aequalis (equal) and nox (night). At spring equinox, we have reached the first of
To close the Matthew Murray Anniversary I thought it might be an idea to just do the Round Foundry and its history and I hope you can bear with me on this. Matthew Murray – the father of Leeds Engineering – set up a factory for making engines at Mill
Middleton Primary School in south Leeds, part of the Cockburn Multi-Academy Trust, has announced the opening of a brand-new school nursery, offering high-quality early years education for children aged three and four in the LS10 area and surrounding communities. The purpose-built nursery has been designed specifically to meet the needs of
After not the coldest, but certainly the most gloomy and wet Winter we are now enjoying a sunny Spring with plants and bulbs flowering very early. This is much in evidence at the visitor attraction of the gardens of Abbey House Museum, the former gatehouse to Kirkstall Abbey. Brightly coloured
Students and staff at Cockburn John Charles Academy came together for a remarkable production of Come From Away, transforming the school theatre into the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, and bringing to life a powerful true story of kindness in the face of global crisis. The musical, which tells the
