What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
What do you do when a knee operation keeps you off work? If you’re teacher Matt Keddie you find an online training course and get accredited as South Leeds’ first United Nations Climate Change teacher. Rising global temperatures are leading to more extreme weather events – heat waves and droughts,
As the school holidays draw to a close here are two family friendly events to round off your summer. Friday (30 August 2019) sees a family fun day on the playing field at Church Street, Hunslet from 12-4pm. The event promises youth activities, face painting, DJ, information stalls including the
Leeds United star Kalvin Phillips made a surprise visit to the Beeston Juniors Football Club’s Skills camp on 6 August 2019. The two day camp, which attracted over 40 youngsters, was run by Leeds United’s Foundation who linked up with a number of different grassroots clubs to provide educational football
Ruby Turner from Belle Isle is standing for election to become the next Children’s Lord Mayor of Leeds. In her manifesto she says “my main priority would be to tackle the homophobia problem in our schools.” Speaking to South Leeds Life she explained: “I picked it (homophobia) because I think
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 weeks beginning 12 and 19 August 2019: Installation of two louvres with associated air conditioning equipment 2 Millennium Way Beeston Leeds
London Skolars 30-34 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet RLFC‘s push for the playoffs remains on course after they edged past London Skolars last night (23 August 2019) under the lights at New River Stadium. Kick off was delayed with the Hunslet coach stuck in bank holiday traffic, but it didn’t seem to
This weekend (24 & 25 August 2019) sees a festival of beer, music and cricket at Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club‘s ground on Gipsy Lane in Beeston. The club, which is currently celebrating its 150th anniversary, is hosting its third August Bank Holiday beer festival. This year they have added live
Robert Winfield, a long standing member of the Conserative Party in Leeds and their candidate in Beeston & Holbeck ward since 2004, has been suspended by the party following allegations of sexual harassment. A national row erupted on Twitter over the weekend as a number of women claimed to have
Leeds Museums has over 1 million objects in its collections, far too many to have on permanent display. It keeps many of them in its state-of-the-art facility: the Leeds Discovery Centre on Carlisle Road in Hunslet. The centre is holding free discovery sessions with a different theme each week through
If you are 50+ and looking to add some social fun to your week, make new friends and learn new skills look no further. Health For All have organised four new groups for people in South Leeds: Express Yourself is an introduction to song writing, covering creative lyric writing, forming