What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
As part of British Science Week, Year 5 of Hugh Gaitskell Primary School have been set an engineering challenge by staff from the neighbouring DePuy Synthes factory. Four graduates from DePuy, assisted by a skeleton called Boris, gave the pupils a full briefing this morning (Monday 12 March 2018). They
Brian Clough, or at least Luke Dickson who plays him in Red Ladder Theatre’s The Damned United, returned to Elland Road to launch the play’s latest run in Leeds. The play focuses on Clough’s disastrous 44 day reign as Manager of Leeds United in 1974 and is an adaptation of
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 5 March 2018: Site-wide illuminated and non-illuminated signage Printworks Campus Hunslet Road Hunslet Leeds LS10 1JY Ref. No: 18/01377/ADV
Young people from the Space Youth programme in Beeston will once again be hosting their Easter Meals this month. The youth programme, co-ordinated by the Salvation Army and run in partnership with the local churches and Leeds Space Network, works with young people aged 11-18 and runs youth groups and
Slung Low Theatre offers space at their HUB venue in Holbeck as storage for Yorkshire Aid, a group of individuals and organisations that work together to provide aid for refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds, Yorkshire and Europe. Just before Christmas with the stocks full, much of their donated goods
Hunslet Club boxer Hope Price, 17, continues his phenonenal winning streak, with another national title under his belt, and great things ahead for the coming months. Last month (Sunday 18 February 2018) saw Hope retain his national title as youth flyweight (52kg) at Doncaster Dome. Next up are the Youth
**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TOYBOX’S VISIT TO SOUTH LEEDS (SEE BELOW) HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED.** Toybox is coming to Dewsbury Road Community Hub this weekend (Friday 9 – Sunday 11 March 2018), and it’s full of free playful events and workshops for all ages. Toybox is a
Students from Cockburn School have been on their winter travels to France and Italy. Firstly, a large group of Year 10 students traveled to Paris for a unique and hugely successful trip that the Mathematics Department organised to the Disneyland Resort in Paris. The four day study experience provides an
Better Action For Families (BAFF), the Beeston charity that supports people with learning disabilities and their families have landed two grants in recent months. They received a National Lottery Awards For All grant of nearly £10,000 and doubled it with support from the Morrisons charitable trust. Lynn Bailey and Jackie
White Rose Shopping Centre is celebrating the Mums of Leeds with a Mother’s Day extravaganza this weekend (9-11 March 2018), including a Beauty Bus full of FREE pampering treatments plus plenty of goodies and giveaways. The White Rose Beauty Bus will be situated in The Village, White Rose’s outdoor leisure