What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Next week (30 October – 3 November) is half term for schools in Leeds. We have collated a range of activities to keep your young ones busy: Asha Neighbourhood Project in Beeston are running a playscheme on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for children aged 5-12. Activities including arts & crafts
Bookings are open, and selling fast, for the ever popular Santa Specials at Middleton Railway, which has also published a calendar this year. This Sunday (29 October 2023) will be the last regular steam service on the railway for this year, which will be closed during November as it prepares
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 weeks beginning Monday 16 October 2023. Click on the description to see the full application: Retrospective application for change of use
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 with a note to runners to check whether Cross Flatts parkrun and/or Middleton Woods parkrun are going ahead
A flood alert is in place this morning (20 October 2023) for the Middle River Aire catchment which includes parts of Holbeck, Hunslet and Stourton. River levels at Crown Point and Knostrop were described as High and Rising at 9:30am this morning and the weather forecast is for heavy rain
Councillor Gohar Almass (Labour, Beeston & Holbeck) has announced that he is to step down at the next election in May 2024. Cllr Amass was facing a deselection battle within the Beeston & Holbeck Labour Party Branch, but announced he wouldn’t be seeking reselection hours before Tuesday night’s branch meeting
Ofsted has said that New Bewerley Community School in Beeston ‘Requires Improvement’, despite ‘Good’ judgements in four out of five areas. The school was inspected on 20 and 21 September and the report has been published today (17 October 2023). The inspectors praise many aspects of the school describing it
On Thursday 26 October 2023, from 4-6pm, Sharp Lane Primary School in Middleton is holding a special opening evening for prospective Reception age children and their parents. Please come and join us to meet our Early Years team, have some tasty treats, and look around at all the facilities we
St Andrew’s Pantomime Group in Beeston have announced that this year’s show will be a re-telling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. The show, another brand new script written and produced by Rachel George, will run from Saturday 20 January through to Saturday 3 February 2024 at St Andrew’s Community
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 weeks beginning Monday 9 October 2023. Click on the description to see the full application: Forty six non-illuminated standard safety signs;