What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The White Rose Shopping Centre is celebrating its 20th birthday with a bang on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March 2017, with a weekend of special entertainment, offers, bloggers’ fashion inspiration, and surprise treats for shoppers. In celebration of the opening its doors on 25 March 1997, White Rose is
Whitehaven game postponed as cup clash takes precedent Hunslet RLFC have announced that this weekend’s League 1 fixture against Whitehaven is now postponed to a provisional date of Sunday 30 April. The club has apologised for the short notice of the change to this fixture and criticised the RFL for
Detectives in Leeds are appealing for information after an incident at the Morrisons Supermarket in Hunslet on Sunday evening (19 March 2017). Whilst the store was closed to the public, staff were still working inside around 8.10pm when a white Volvo V60 began ramming the shutters at the front of
Better Action For Families (BAFF), which operates out of Beeston Village Community Centre has been recognised by the Duke of York’s Community Initiative. BAFF is one of 42 Yorkshire based community groups, who have been recognised by the prestigious royal reward scheme in its latest round of awards. The charity works to support
Halifax RLFC, a division above Hunslet RLFC, saw off the south Leeds challenge to go through to the fifth round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup, beating the visitors 20-6 this afternoon (Sunday 19 March 2017). Monsoon conditions at the MBi Shay Stadium in Halifax meant that this was a game
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 13 March 2017: Single storey extension with corridor through to existing detached classrooms Cockburn High School Gipsy Lane
A gala night for Hunslet-based charity Leeds Autism Services held on Wednesday (15 March 2017) raised £500 for their work. The evening, which looked to raise awareness of autism and the charity itself was hosted within The Light. The event gained support from Vue Cinema, which screened the documentary, and
Police are appealing for information after a car was in collision with a pedestrian in Beeston, Leeds. At about 6.15pm yesterday (Thursday 16 March 2017), a blue Volkswagen Scirocco was travelling towards Tingley when it was in collision with a 16 year old boy, on Millshaw Road. The incident happened
My interest was pricked by a tweet I spotted last week: “New report slams inept hacks.” It linked to a report in the Financial Times about research on how reporters’ language affected the financial markets. The bones of the study was that reporters used more extreme language when reporting falls,
The White Rose Shopping Centre, which celebrates its 20th birthday shortly, has let all the units in its new extension and will be holding a recruitment day for the new businesses. The latest additions to White Rose’s leisure offer are Five Guys and Limeyard, who have exchanged contracts on the