What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Three Leeds students, including Jayden Dias from Cockburn School in Beeston, have been cast in a fresh new staging of A Raisin in the Sun by acclaimed director Tinuke Craig, which premieres at Leeds Playhouse next month before going on a national tour. The role of Travis will be performed
Thousands of fans will flock to a national museum in Hunslet to witness history’s most high-octane sport in real life. Two of the country’s best jousters are set to take on the Royal Armouries Museum’s finest talent for a chance to ride for glory at next year’s International Jousting Tournament.
The Royal Armouries has announced two significant funding awards from the Wolfson Foundation and Garfield Weston Foundation towards the installation of a Special Exhibitions Gallery at its Museum in Hunslet. The Gallery is the first element of the wider Armouries 700 plan, which, at 700 years since the founding of
Independent domestic violence and abuse charity, Leeds Women’s Aid, has launched a summer social media campaign, #OurOwnSafeSpace, which encourages individuals and families to create and share safe spaces to highlight how for families experiencing domestic abuse, nowhere feels safe. The campaign aims to raise donations for Leeds Women’s Aid’s
Around 5,000 children across Leeds will access nutritious food and fun activities thanks to an initiative run by Leeds City Council and Leeds Community Foundation this summer. The Healthy Holidays programme, now in its seventh year, provides fun activities and nutritious food for children whose families may struggle during the
Police are appealing for the driver of a car to come forward following a serious injury collision in Old Lane, Beeston. At 6.35pm yesterday (Friday 9 August 2024) police were notified of a young boy who had suffered head and leg injuries after being in collision with a car between
Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision in Leeds. It happened at about 6.54am today (Saturday 10 August 2024), when a grey Vauxhall Crossland car travelling from Dewsbury Road in Beeston struck a wall on Old Lane. The 73-year-old male driver was sadly pronounced deceased at the
A man is due to appear in court charged over a series of sexual offences against children in Leeds. Karl Davison, aged 43, of Turnberry Gardens, Tingley, has been charged with three counts of sexual assault on a child aged under 13 and one count of assault by penetration on
Two men appeared at court today after being charged as part of our continuing investigation into disorder. Philip Hoban (48) of Northcote Crescent, Beeston was convicted at Leeds Magistrates Court today (8 August 2024) after being charged with causing racially, religiously aggravated harassment, alarm /distress through words. West Yorkshire Police
More than 5.6 million journeys have been made using Leeds’ Park and Ride service since the first site opened a decade ago. The data has been revealed by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Council as part of celebrations to mark ten years since the opening of Elland