What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Voting has started today (5 April 2018) to decide which of the five shortlisted projects will receive grants of as part of the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards. Since January we have been publicising the work of 23 great local projects helping South Leeds people in so many ways. An
Schoolchildren in Leeds were given the chance to see the famous Tour de Yorkshire trophies last week as the leader of Leeds City Council, Councillor Judith Blake, welcomed them to the city as part of Welcome to Yorkshire’s trophy tour. Each year in the lead up to the race, both
In the last two years over 4,000 boys and girls at local schools have come into contact with Rugby League thanks to Michael Nuttall and the Hunslet Rugby Foundation, part of Hunslet RLFC. Michael spends most of his time in primary schools teaching multi skill sports, children play a range
Still time for swimmers in South Leeds to jump in and make a splash for Swimathon 2018 People in South Leeds have less than one month to sign up to Swimathon, the world’s biggest annual fundraising swim, to raise money for two great causes, Cancer Research UK and Marie Curie.
On Saturday 24 March 2018 a number of motorbikes and quad bikes caused mayhem on the streets and green spaces of Middleton and Belle Isle. Reports on social media described 8 or 9 bikes on the Sissons, the Bodmins, South Leeds Golf Course, Middleton Circus as well as on Belle
Local residents and groups in Beeston Hill have pulled together to create a ‘free library’ and orchard in the garden at Hillside Enterprise Centre – and it’s not cost a penny. Last week (Wednesday 28 March 2018) saw youngsters from the Into University programme working with members of Beeston in
On Sunday 23 February Cheer-City once again became Emerald-City as The Hunslet Club Emeralds clinched eight first place trophies and one second place trophy at the 2018 Cheer-city Spring Open dance competition in Leicester. The Youth Pom team also took the “Grand Champion” award achieving the highest score of the
Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision in Leeds last night in which a woman was critically injured. The 57-year-old pedestrian was crossing Belle Isle Road, near to the junction with West Grange Drive, at 8.14pm on Tuesday (3 March 2018) when she was hit by a
Laser cutting and metal fabrication business Leeds Welding Company (LWC) Ltd is investing in future growth, with support from the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Leeds City Council. The support has enabled the company to post a year-end turnover of £11million this year and it now has its
Footballers at a South Leeds school are ready for action after taking delivery of a brand new kit. The lucky boys and girls at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School in Beeston received the new strip courtesy of the local branch of Manning Stainton as part of its on-going