What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Police are renewing an appeal for information following a collision in the early hours of Tuesday 5 December 2017, which left a scooter rider with serious injuries. The driver of the other vehicle involved in the collision, which happened at around 3.50am on Dewsbury Road at the junction with Trentham
There was much excitement last week at Beeston Primary School when Santa Claus took time out of his busy schedule to visit the children. Leaving his team of elves behind to prepare all the gifts for Christmas, Santa skilfully landed his reindeer on the school roof, then magically appeared in
On each day of this week South Leeds Life will be publishing the 5 winning stories from this years Belle Isle 500 short story competition. There were over 150 entries to the competition from pupils in years 5 and 6 at Windmill, Low Road and Clapgate Primary Schools and the
Detectives investigating a serious assault in Leeds have arrested a man. The 29-year-old man was arrested when he attended a police station this morning following a public appeal in relation to the incident in Hunslet on 4 June 2017 which resulted in the victim losing the sight in one eye.
On Tuesday (5 December 2017) staff and children at Hugh Gaitskell Primary School, St Anthony’s Drive, Beeston hosted a new look Christmas Fair. Santa paid a special visit in his extraordinary, newly constructed grotto and there were stalls and
The GATE Community Resource Centre in Belle Isle hosted the inaugural Belle Isle 500 competition awards ceremony on Tuesday (5 December 2017). Belle Isle 500 is a short story competition for key stage 2 pupils in the area and this year involved pupils from Windmill Primary School, Low Road Primary
It’s that time of the year again when we start thinking about Christmas. It’s difficult to imagine some children and young people won’t get a gift at Christmas. The truth is that some areas in Leeds have families that don’t have enough resources to buy presents. As a charity, The
Three members of a Beeston kickboxing club have just returned victorious from Orlando Florida, where they were competing in the World Karate & Kickboxing Championships. Urban Freestyle Martial Arts (UFMA) is a small kickboxing club run by Dean Imbusch and based in Beeston on Dewsbury Road. Dean’s son Jordan, 16,
For most of us Christmas is a time to be merry, a time for presents and the clinking of glasses. But for many people on low incomes Christmas is a lonely and miserable time, made worse by the presumption that everyone is having a great time. So, we are appealing
Last month we at Slung Low were shocked to come to work one morning to discover that the HUB, under the viaduct arches on Bath Road had been burgled during the night. Much of our equipment had been stolen or damaged and our HUB home was in a state of