What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Friends of Middleton Park have unveiled their summer programme of events for 2024 and as usual it includes live music, dance, history walks, some Shakespeare and the Great Middleton Park Show. It starts this weekend with Bluebell Walks. FoMP volunteers will meet Middleton Railway passengers at Park Halt at
We have been distributing copies of our May newspaper to 200 pick up points around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (2 May 2024). Copies are available from various food shops including Dewsbury Road Tesco and Beeston Nisa as well as many small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs and
Parents campaigning against the planned closure of council nurseries in Hunslet have called a demonstration on Saturday (4 May 2024). Little Owls nurseries at Hunslet Rylestone and Hunslet St Mary’s are amongst 15 council nursery facing closure or privatisation across the city, but a campaign led by worried parents has
Members of the Acorn community union held a lively picket on 19 April 2024 outside the offices of GloriaVD, an agency that the union accuses of not treating her staff fairly, leaving some destitute. As we reported in March, GloriaVD is one of many agencies recruiting care workers abroad, often
Hunslet Rugby Foundation goes from strength to strength, but it’s not just about rugby Hunslet Rugby Foundation is approaching its 10th anniversary. Often the clue’s in the title, but Michael Nuttall, the Foundation’s manager, is worried that people don’t realise how much work they do beyond rugby. On Thursdays and
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 Monday 22 April 2024. Click on the description to see the full application: Raising of ridge height to form
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. We start this week in Beeston where Leeds Dads will be holding another free Soft Play session, 10am-12pm on Saturday morning at
Leeds College of Building, which has a campus in Hunslet, ‘Requires improvement’ according to an inspection report published by Ofsted yesterday (25 April 2024). Inspectors criticised attendance, punctuality and students not being ready to learn when they arrived for lessons. They also want to see improvements in the “oversight of
Last night (25 April 2024) South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting as part of our local elections coverage. All the candidates standing in the ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: what issues they were most concerned about, transport, policing and
Last night (24 April 2024) South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting as part of our local elections coverage. All the candidates standing in the ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: what issues they were most concerned about, transport, policing and