What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This Easter, Holbeck’s very own theatre company Slung Low is excited to present Emergency Story Penguin, an interactive adventure for young audiences at their home venue The Holbeck Underground Ballroom (HUB) on Bath Road. Slung Low has been offering tickets to the performances entirely for free to local primary schools and youth
Last Sunday (13 March 2016) saw the 5th anniversary of the Age UK Harewood Dash 10k race set in the beautiful grounds of Harewood House. According to Age UK, loneliness affects 1 in 10 people over the age of 65 – over a million people and can have a profound
The upcoming referendum on our membership of the European Union gives us a unique opportunity to shape the future direction of our country, and is perhaps the most important decision we have had to take since the last European referendum back in 1975. Needless to say, this vote really matters,
On Thursday 3 March 2016 it was the 13th Leeds Sports Awards at Leeds Dock. It is a fantastic occasion which recognises and celebrates the achievements of local sportsmen and women. I was lucky enough to be there as a guest of the “Leeds Girls Can” campaign. When I arrived,
The European Union referendum is a genuinely momentous decision that we all face. Although I like and respect Hilary Benn as a constituency MP, I have to respectfully disagree with his stance on the referendum and indeed many of the premises he bases his decision on. I would suggest one
Most Saturday mornings, I can be found in Cross Flatts Park taking part in parkrun – the weekly free, timed 5k run. However, one freezing Saturday in February, I stood shivering on the start line of parkrun in Wroclaw, Poland. I love running and I love travelling so, what better
On Thursday 28 January 2016 I went to the Child Friendly Leeds Awards 2016. [slideshow_deploy id=’45494′] The venue was the magnificent City Varieties; it was the first time I had ever been there. We were told many talented and famous people had performed there, even Charlie Chaplin. I was so
The Leeds-based housing campaign group Hands Off Our Homes is inviting all residents of Leeds and surrounding areas to a Regional Housing Summit on Saturday 12 March 2016. Many of you will know Hands Off Our Homes for its campaigning against the bedroom tax, and for supporting tenants who were
Life Drawing in church? Whatever next? On Thursday 25 February 2016, St Luke’s Church is the venue for a fun and informal life drawing session, hosted by talented Beeston-based artist & life drawing tutor Claire Bentley-Smith. The session runs from 6pm to 8pm, and will be a chance to come
Beeston residents have been shocked to discover large quantities of paving slabs stolen – in many cases, in broad daylight – from the pathways of the Hunslet Moor area, just off Dewsbury Road in Beeston. This is the second spate of paving theft in the area since the New Year,