What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Four Hunslet Club boxers – Ivan Hope Price, Ellis Price, Abby Briggs and Kayla Holdsworth – have been selected to represent England in 2019/20. Of the three categories within each age group, the Price brothers are both part of the top-level ‘Excel’ phase, which comes before the Challenge and Discovery
Proposals for HS2 High Speed Rail in South Leeds continue to divide and dismay local residents after a public consultation at the Hunslet Club on Saturday (22 June 2019). It comes after the Department for Transport revealed earlier this month plans to construct a 3.3km viaduct to take the new
Construction of an 18-home development in Middleton by the housing association Leeds Federated has begun. Work on the site at the junction of Acre Road and Sissons Lane formally got underway as Middleton Park councillors Judith Blake and Paul Truswell attended a ceremony to mark the project. Leeds Federated says
A fall in theft crime and potential new waste management strategies were some of the salient points to emerge from the Beeston Hill Residents Meeting on Monday (17 June 2019). Neighbourhood Police Inspector Lucy Leadbeater revealed that overall robbery-related offences in the Beeston Hill area decreased by 25 in May.
Beeston residents of different beliefs and backgrounds came together to promote unity by taking part in an afternoon of interfaith activities on Sunday (16 June 2019). The Walk of Friendship event, organised by Concord Interfaith Fellowship, saw participants congregate at Beeston Hill United Free Church before visiting the Guru Nanak
Beeston residents participated in the launch of the Cricket World Cup community celebrations at the Dewsbury Road Community Hub cricket fun day on Saturday (15 June 2019). Joining local residents were the MP for Leeds Central, Hilary Benn, and Hunslet and Riverside Councillor Mohammed Iqbal. The day saw the start
Middleton Park Councillor Judith Blake led calls to address what she described as the “depressing” inequalities in the UK economy at the UK2070 Commission National Symposium on Thursday (13 June 2019). The Leeds City Council Leader is a member of the Commission of the independent inquiry, which was established last
The creation of a new Environmental Enforcement Officer and new measures to boost the local economy were among the proposals at the latest meeting of the Inner South Community Committee. All nine councillors representing the Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park wards attended the event held at
Damien Gaffney never expected to manage a successful team when he first took his football-loving daughter to a Hunslet Club training session two years ago. Yet now he finds himself coaching the only all-girls team in South Leeds, Hunslet Girls U10s, which has been blazing a trail. Last year the
Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club is the only surviving cricket club in South Leeds where more than 70 once existed, with some former players representing Yorkshire. But the path to its 150th anniversary year hasn’t been without its trials and tribulations. The club’s grounds have suffered arson attacks and multiple attempts