What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The South Leeds running community put on quite a show with the second annual Bah Humbug 10k trail race on Sunday (8 December 2019). The sell out event saw 600 runners from across Leeds and beyond tackle tough and at times slippery course on trails through Middleton Park, with the
The concert room in The Holbeck club was packed on Monday 25 November 2019 for the launch of a campaign by Leeds Citizens called: South Bank For South Leeds. As the redevelopment of parts of Holbeck and Hunslet close the river kicks on and the city centre moves southwards into
The popular Christmas Lantern Festival is back in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston, on Friday (13 December 2019) for its 7th year. Join hundreds of people from across South Leeds for an evening of music, carols, arts and craft, animal petting, hot food and drink, thousands of lights and lanterns –
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 2 December 2019: Alterations to remove disabled parking spaces and replace with a sloping entrance to store Unit 2,
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. The Holbeck Christmas Market is on Saturday, 11am-3pm at St Matthew’s Community Centre, there will lots of stalls, refreshments and we’ve heard
Police have arrested a man who tried to enter the Abu Huraira Mosque in Beeston carrying a knife this lunchtime. The man had been seen acting suspiciously with a knife in a butcher’s shop on Beeston Road at 12:18 according to a Police statement. He left the shop and officers
Scouting has been a major part of Raymond Harley’s life and on Wednesday (4 December 2019) he was honoured for his fifty years of service to Scouting. The special award was made at the South Leeds and Morley (SLAM) Carol concert, held at St Andrew’s Church on Old Lane in
New bus timetables come into force at the weekend (7-8 December 2019). For the most part they are minor changes to improve punctuality. Affected routes are: 2 / 3 / 3A 12 / 13 / 13A 51 /52 74 / 74A 75 A revised timetable will be introduced for the
Westwood Primary School in Middleton have opened their very own food store at school. The aim of the store is to reduce food waste and stop perfectly good food ending up at landfill. It has also helped to overcome hunger in our community. We have partnered up with FareShare. Each
This year’s sold out Christmas production at Cockburn School is Addams Family. We went along to watch the dress rehearsal and talk to some of the cast. Here’s our video report: