What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Beeston & Holbeck Ward Update: While restrictions on our daily lives due to the Covid-19 pandemic are being lifted, we encourage everyone to remain careful and do everything possible to prevent the spread of the disease. We were pleased to see so many people have signed up for a postal
Did you know that Beeston has its very own FBI? You may immediately think of a branch of American policing which it is not, but our FBI -Future Baton International Academy Majorettes – too, offers our residents highly skilled disciplines in Baton, Pom and Military routines. The troupe, whose age
Local families are invited to join free and socially-distant Easter Trail events in Beeston and Holbeck, with chocolate prizes for every child. The events will run in Cross Flatts Park between 10am-3.30pm on Friday 2 April (starting at the Watsonian Pavilion), then will repeat on Holbeck Moor between 10am-3pm on
Help share accurate information about Covid-19 with your community Leeds City Council are working in partnership with Voluntary Action Leeds, Forum Central and Hamara to connect with people who are interested in being a Covid-19 Community Champion. We are looking for people who live or work in Leeds who want
Luke Shaw from Middleton has an alias that he uses when making music and that is Luke Budda. Luke has fantastic flow and his lyrics are beautifully crafted and often emotional. His track ‘Make or Break – Uncle’s Tribute’ is in part a tribute to his grandma who has had
Walter Wrigglesworth, from Beeston, served as a stretcher bearer in the Leeds Pals regiment and was wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. This is his story: Walter Henry Clifford Wigglesworth 15/1130 Leeds Pal and Tank Corps Lieutenant Walter was born in
During lockdown Cranmore & Raylands Community Centre has been lucky enough to make use of Zoom technology to keep most of our growing community in South Leeds together and entertained. For those who just haven’t fancied the switch online and feel quite isolated we have our Soils, Seeds and Senses
Beeston women and their male supporters will be assembling in Cross Flatts Park on Saturday (13 March 2021) at 6pm in protest at sexual harassment, abuse and murder of women by men in Britain, and the world. The murder of Sarah Everard, a 33 year old woman walking home along
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, we present stories of inspirational women with links to South Leeds: Mary Gawthorpe was born in 1881 in Woodhouse, Leeds, to John and Annie Gawthorpe. Her Dad was a leather worker and her Mum helped to support the family by being a
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, we present stories of inspirational women with links to South Leeds: Ann Jane Carlile was born Ann Jane Hamil in Rooksey, County Monaghan on 8 April 1775, she was the youngest child of farmer and wine merchant David Hamil and Martha Hamil