What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Did you know a million album selling, Brit award winning band rehearse in a Holbeck studio and if you’re interested you can get involved there too? Old Chapel Music Studios on Czar Street in Leeds may look like an old church but behind their doors is the latest music technology,
On Sunday (12 February 2023) ten trade unionists joined a collection organised by Leeds Trades Union Council (TUC) to raise solidarity funds for striking workers in Leeds. In recent months strikes have been taking place amongst various groups of workers including civil servants, posties, nurses, ambulance workers, teachers and university
In a quiet pub on a side street in Middleton some magic is being made. The Leeds Baton Rouge Majorette troupe meet to train there and three of their members are taking to the biggest stage their team sport has to offer in August. They are representing England in the
Cross Flatts Park was transformed into a magical Christmas wonderland last Friday (9 December 2022) for the annual LS11 Christmas Lantern Festival which first took place in the park in 2013. The festival is put on in partnership by the Church Together in LS11. This year the event started in
Congratulations from South Leeds Life to The Holbeck who are now an award-winning club in south Leeds. Club Mirror are an organisation that champion and support licensed clubs across the country and they organise The Club Awards. At their award ceremony on 16 November at the Athena in Leicester, The
As the temperatures start to drop and the days get shorter, plans are being made to support people in our community who are most likely to be acutely affected by the cost of living and energy price crisis. Despite the Government’s recent announcement that domestic energy prices will be frozen,
In April 2022 Maria Read wrote to South Leeds Life about Hunslet Moor Primary School where she currently works, as part of her research into the history of the school. The letter included a photo and one of the questions she asked was “The photo is of a piece of
We spoke to South Leeds resident Phil Marshall who was just back from the Ukrainian-Romanian border. Phil is Catholic and is involved with lots of charities and churches in Leeds. One of these is SVP (St Vincent de Paul Society) which is a worldwide church organisation and they have groups
Are you fed up of tripping over that leftover roll of carpet? Do you need the space in your attic that is full of half emptied paint pots? Maybe you are in need of some new bedroom furniture or want get your back yard ready for summer. Then you need
Since summer 2020 residents in the Riverside area have been reporting repeated dumping of rubbish in the River Aire adjacent to where they are living. A local resident who didn’t wish to be named told South Leeds Life: “Since August 2020, a business has been dumping numerous bin liners in