What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
For the previous ten years, Leeds was doing well with recycling and its household recycling figure was hitting 44 per cent — however, for 2016 and 2017, this figure unfortunately dropped to 38 per cent. There will have been a combination of reasons for this, however some of them can
Becoming a new parent or carer can be very isolating and confusing. But help is at hand from Touchstone’s Best Start Peer Support Project. Our focus is on enabling parents to feel happier and healthier, so that they can meet their children’s needs and raise happy healthy children. By bringing together
Local people from across south Leeds are next month (Sunday 23 September 2018) undertaking a charity cycle ride from Hunslet to Castleford – and everyone’s welcome! The ride will set off from Hunslet Library in the morning, follow the canal and River Aire towpaths along to the Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve
If you are feeling lonely and fancy a chat come along to The Bridge Cafe @ Cross Flatts Park, Thursday’s 1-2:30pm. A friendly place to come along and make new friends or catch up with old friends. All abilities are welcome. Bee Friends is part of the Health for All
York City Knights 48-6 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet RLFC suffered a tough afternoon at Bootham Crescent on Sunday (19 August 2018) as an in-form York City Knights brushed past the South Leeds side to go top of the league. It was always going to be a tough ask for the Parksiders
The Stop the Stourton Park and Ride campaign continues – and we’re holding a public meeting this coming Thursday (23 August 2018; details below) for other residents to come and find out more, and to get involved. We wanted to work with the councillors (from both Hunslet and Riverside, and
A new novel – called ‘Smithy Is’ – is hitting the shelves in bookshops across the country, depicting the gritty reality of growing up in south Leeds in the 1960s. This “insightful and hard hitting” book follows the path of teenage Smithy as he grows into adulthood, experiencing and witnessing
Hunslet RLFC 54-6 Hemel Stags Former Keighley Cougars and 2014 Grand Final Hero Gavin Duffy scored a hat-trick of tries as Hunslet ran out comfortable winners against a gritty and determined Hemel Stags at the South Leeds Stadium this afternoon (12 August 2018). [slideshow_deploy id=’83091′] Photos: Paul Johnson Phoenix Photography
The feast of all things ‘heritage’ will be with us soon, this time for 8 days! Heritage Open Days is a national event, co-ordinated throughout our city by Leeds Civic Trust, and will run from Thursday 6 – Sunday 9 September and Thursday 13 – Sunday 16 September 2018. Across
On Wednesday 18 July 2018 Women’s Lives Leeds, in conjunction with Leeds City Council, hosted a women’s celebration event at Building Blocks Centre in Beeston, as part of a series of activities and workshops funded to celebrate 100 years of women having the right to vote. The event, which was