What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Round Foundry and Marshall’s Mill Estate is hosting its first International Women’s Day Panel on Thursday 7 March 2019, the eve of International Women’s Day. The panel, which is free of charge to attend, looks to celebrate the successes and discuss issues still facing women in business in Leeds.
The largest Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair in the north returns to the Leeds first direct arena on Monday (4 March 2019) 4–8pm. The event kickstarts a range of activities taking place throughout the city for National Apprenticeship Week 2019. Offering apprenticeship vacancies across a wide range of occupations over 130 organisations
Football fans from Leeds and beyond are being encouraged to put their best boot forward after local Councillors Andrew Scopes, Gohar Almass and Angela Gabriel supported proposals to improve walking routes from Leeds City Centre to Elland Road Stadium, home Leeds United. Holbeck Moor subway is set to feature an
Slung Low, Holbeck’s own theatre company, invite you to join them in their new performance space, The Concert Room at The Holbeck on Saturday (2 March 2019). To mark their arrival at The Holbeck they have gathered some of their most talented friends to create an evening showbiz splendour. Poets,
Next step Outstanding for Cockburn School on its journey of “Transformation to Excellence” On Wednesday 30 January 2019 Cockburn School received a Section 8 ‘one day inspection’ by Ofsted. The purpose of the inspection was to determine if the school is continuing to provide a ‘Good’ education. There were three
Cllr Paul Truswell (Labour, Middleton Park) has welcomed proposals for a new gym extension at Middleton Leisure Centre. A report going to Leeds City Council’s Executive Board in February is seeking to spend £1.146m to deliver the new 75 station gym and a re-modelled entrance for the Leisure Centre. The
UTC Leeds students are putting their engineering and programming skills to the test in an innovative robotics programme led by the University of Leeds. PhD student Orla Gibson, from the University of Leeds, is working with UTC students to develop their maths skills through applied learning as part of the
This Valentine’s season, White Rose Shopping Centre will be decorated with heartfelt messages of all types as part of its Avenue of Love, an area of the centre dedicated to celebrating love in its many forms. Two hundred messages devoted to parents, partners, kids, or friends have been selected to
A new Change4Life campaign is encouraging parents in Leeds to “make a swap when you next shop” to halve their children’s sugar intake. According to Public Health England (PHE), children have already exceeded the maximum recommended sugar intake for an 18 year old by the time they reach their tenth
Police have today (Friday 8 February 2019) charged four people from the Leeds area on suspicion of offences including false imprisonment. The Yorkshire Evening Post is reporting that it understands that those accused include members of the group Predator Exposure. The four charged are: Phil Hoban, 43, of Beeston charged