What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On Tuesday (8 October 2019) I was fortunate enough to be invited to go to view the exclusive premiere of Mushy Lyrically Speaking at the newly refurbished Leeds Playhouse. I was not disappointed. I was already a fan of the main character based on the real life student Musharaf ‘Mushy’
The Islamic month of Ramadan will begin on Monday 6 May 2019 (depending on the sighting of the moon) and end on Tuesday 5 June 2019 (again depending on the sighting of the moon). Fasting (Sawm) is one of the five pillars of Islam and was the month in which
Beeston café ‘Only Food and Sauces’ has been awarded 2nd place in the ‘Café of the Year’ awards hosted by the Yorkshire Evening Post, missing out on the top spot by just two votes. The local café is situated at 153 Dewsbury Road (opposite the Dewsbury Road Community Hub) and
Chris Singleton is a spoken word and theatre artist, aged 30, who has just opened a social enterprise company called Brave Words. It is a local youth theatre company based in Tenants Hall, Middleton. Chris is the Artistic Director and wants everybody to be able to access and enjoy theatre
St. Francis Primary School in Beeston unwrapped its first vintage ‘Holly Bazaar’ on Thursday (20 December 2018). The school celebrated the end of term, the festive season and the community it serves by throwing a traditional and merry bazaar to raise much needed funds for school playground improvements. Two hundred
Harrison Spinks, a large bed manufacturer in Leeds launched its official Innovation Centre based at Westland Road in Beeston on Friday 7 December 2018. It is the latest development from the award winning bed manufacturer, which employs over 600 people. The Innovation Centre was officially opened by the Managing Director