What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Slung Low are making a People’s Theatre short film – and they want you to be in it! Holbeck’s acclaimed theatre company Slung Lung are looking for 100 people from Leeds and the surrounding areas to appear in an exciting new short film written by the award-winning playwright James Phillips
This Fiday and Saturday (22 & 23 November 2019) Northern Monk are hosting their Dark & Wild City beer festival at their Holbeck home, The Old Flax Store. The weekend will host over 30 breweries, plus live music and a roster of local food vendors. Northern Monk’s Dark City beer
From a superbug jitterbug and school lessons to ward rounds and GP surgery visits, activities are taking place across Leeds to mark World Antibiotics Awareness Week (18-24 November 2019). The week aims to increase awareness of antibiotic resistance as a global problem, and to promote best practice among the general
Police in Leeds are appealing for information to help trace a man who is wanted for recall to prison. Peter Whitley, aged 36, was released from prison last month where he had been serving a sentence for theft. He is believed to be frequenting the Beeston area. Anyone who has
White Rose Shopping Centre marked the fourth Baby Week Leeds with a very special ceremony – the planting of one tree for every baby born in Leeds during Baby Week. White Rose is working with Nurture Landscapes to plant the 187 trees on its South Leeds site in honour of
Leeds has one of the biggest postal votes in the UK and people who haven’t voted by post before but now want to are being advised to register early in the first December general election in nearly a century. With the deadline of 5pm on Tuesday 26 November to vote
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for information following a road traffic collision on the A6110 Ring Road at Beeston in the early hours of Sunday morning (17 November 2019). The collision happened at around 4:30am when a pedestrian was hit by a man on a red Honda motorcycle. The pedestrian,
Sharing the UK’s railway heritage expertise: leading experts from Taiwan visit Middleton Railway Not surprisingly, given its role as the birthplace of the railways, the UK is a global leader in the preservation, restoration and management of railway heritage. Railway museums, heritage sites and preservation societies can be found in
Dennis Hartley, who played for Hunslet in the classic 1965 Challenge Cup Final against Wigan and was a member of the club’s Hall of Fame, passed away on Wednesday (12 November 2019) at the age of 83. Hartley, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s several years ago, died at Colton Lodge
From today (15 November 2019) South Leeds residents can recycle even more types of plastic in their green recycling bin. Leeds City Council’s waste service is now able to accept most pots, tubs, trays and cartons in the green bin. Common examples include fruit juice cartons, yoghurt pots, ice-cream/butter/margarine tubs