What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Senior councillors in Leeds will discuss a new programme aimed at improving health levels and tackling inequality across the city at a meeting this week. At its meeting at Civic Hall on Wednesday (19 April 2023), the council’s executive board will consider an update on realising the city’s commitment to
A Belle Isle man who stabbed and strangled a man he had befriended has been jailed for more than eight and a half years. The Leeds District Crime Team has welcomed the sentencing of Jay Hemsley (27) from Belle Isle in Leeds who was jailed for an overall 106 months
Local Social Enterprise, Five Rivers, has secured a prestigious We Invest in People Gold accreditation, for the second time running. Five Rivers runs a specialist, independent, integrated school and home in South Leeds for children with social and emotional needs, using therapeutic, trauma informed, educational frameworks. As we reported the
Leeds United Football Club will dedicate its upcoming home game against Liverpool on Monday (17 April 2023) to LEEDS 2023, in a major showcase of support for the city’s transformational Year of Culture. Fans in the stands at Elland Road will see the Leeds United squad warm-up in special LEEDS
A man has been given a life sentence after being convicted of the murder of a man whose battered body was found hidden under paving slabs and pallets outside an address in Leeds. The victim, Bradley Wall, aged 24, was found in a stairwell to the basement of a house
Children across south Leeds were informed of their secondary school place earlier this month, with a record 8,230 of pupils offered their first preference school, up from 7,825 last year. Leeds City Council made a total of 9,877 place offers for September 2023; a decrease of 15 from the offers
White Rose Shopping Centre will host a series of free crafting activities alongside late-night openings ahead of Eid al-Fitr this year. On Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 April, free crafting events will be held in White Rose’s Central Atrium from 11am to 5pm, where children and families are invited to
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a man was seriously assaulted in Leeds. Leeds CID would like to speak to anyone who saw or has information about a serious assault on a man by males in the Holbeck area. At around 10pm on Wednesday (5 April 2023), police received a
Chow Down, Leeds’ biggest outdoor food and drinking venue, is back for 2023. The popular venue at Temple Arches, Globe Road in Holbeck, will host an array of food and drink events, music and new entertainment fo the whole spring and summer, it’s one big party, opening the doors today
The Children’s Book Project launched their dedicated Leeds hub last month with a Book Drive at Richmond House School, who are collecting pre-loved books to donate to children and families across the city. These most loved titles will be gifted to children with very few or no books of their