What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Acclaimed Holbeck-based theatre company Slung Low and five Yorkshire writers team up to present an afternoon of brand new radio plays in one of the UK’s oldest surviving Working Men’s Club. Performed and recorded live in front of an audience with on-stage sound effects and live music, these snapshots of
Leeds Community Foundation (LCF), who set up the Leeds Flood Appeal in response to the Boxing Day floods, has received confirmation that the government will match their current raised funds £ for £. To date, the Leeds Flood Appeal has raised an impressive £157,000 from generous donations from the public
South Leeds Life is looking for sports writers, particularly to cover the Hunslet Hawks home and away matches. Our partnership with the Hawks means that we can offer you free entry to matches in return for a match report. We can also arrange access to the coach and players. Unfortunately
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 28 March 2016: Change of use of tattoo parlour to hot food take away 7 Ring Road Beeston Park
A range of new courses are due to start in April at Leeds City College’s Joseph Priestley Centre in Beeston. Do you want to find out about being care worker, or working retail? Do you need an introduction to computers, or perhaps you want to perfect your cake decoration skills.
Pupils at Clapgate Primary School in Middleton are getting their new allotment off to a flying start with a helping hand from Morrisons’ Hunslet store. The children wrote letters to a number of businesses asking for help with seeds, tools and compost. “I wrote to Morrisons” explains Lilly “and the
A dozen caravans which pulled onto the edge of the moor on Holbeck Moor Road opposite the new housing on Good Friday are set to be moved on. The Council were unable to act immediately because the Courts were closed over the holiday weekend, but South Leeds Life understands that
HEA (formerly Holbeck Elderly Aid) has introduced a regular cinema outing to the Showcase De Lux Cinema in Birstall. Members view new releases in the most comfortable of surroundings, enjoying the leather reclining chairs whilst enjoying films such as ‘Dad’s Army’, ‘The Danish Girl’ and the academy award winner ‘Spotlight’.
Last week, volunteers from Virgin Media got stuck in with the local community and helped to dig a new allotment at Broomfield South SILC (Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre), the all-age school for special needs pupils in south Leeds. A 20-strong volunteer team from across the UK – including Sheffield Derbyshire,
Despite the defeat to Keighley Cougars, 55 pensioners still enjoyed their day at the rugby and are already looking forward to their next visit. Hunslet Hawks worked in partnership with the Ciaran Bingham Foundation Trust to give the old folk an Easter treat which included a meal and the best