What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The agenda for the next meeting of the Inner South Community Committee, made up of the nine Councillors for our three wards: Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park, has been published. The meeting, which is open to the public, is taking place at the Aspiring Communities Community
Re:establish, the charity that works with young people in Beeston and Holbeck, has found its own home in Holbeck and is in the process of getting it ready to open next month. The Loft is located next to Slung Low’s Warehouse in Holbeck and Jamyang Buddhist Centre on Crosby Road.
Three Guides from the 5th Middleton group have achieved their Gold Awards. The Gold Award, the highest award in Guiding, was awarded to Amelia Mae White, Sophia Warrender and Annabel Wood last month. We asked the girls about their experience of gaining the award: Amelia-Mae said: “It showed me how
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 17 February 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Full Flexible Planning Permission (Under Class
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start this week with a free one-day women’s self-defence course running on Saturday at Involve Community Centre in Hunslet. The course
Escape to the Lakeland fells in this fun, poetic and moving exploration of the land around us, and how we inhabit it. Written and performed by Julie Carter and directed by Daniel Bye, The Dreamtime Fellrunner takes the audience through the awe-inspiring landscape of the hills, on a track carved
After months of training a group of girls have played their first rugby match in Middleton. The origins of the team lie in the weekly rugby sessions run by Hunslet Rugby Foundation (HRF) at Nutty Slack, the Leeds Corinthians’ ground in Middleton. The sessions are open to boys and girls,
Changes to the timetable of the First Bus service 24 come into effect on Sunday (23 February 2025). The service, formally the no 1 bus, runs from Beeston, through City Square, Headingley and Lawnswood to Holt Patk. From Sunday many journeys will be retimed by around 5 minutes, and early
Leeds Wood Recycling, the Holbeck-based social enterprise that recycles waste wood from the construction sector and trains people in woodworking skills, suffered a major setback at Christmas when one of the vans was stolen. They have been running a crowdfunding campaign to replace the van. They are half way to
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 10 February 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Change of use from Commercial, Business