What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
UPDATED Friday 23 August 9:25am Alisha Kavanagh has been found safe and well Police are appealing for information to help trace a 13-year-old girl who has gone missing in Leeds. Alisha Kavanagh has been missing from the Seacroft area since 11am yesterday (21 August 2019) and there are concerns
Newly-formed basketball team Leeds LDM cruised to a 69-36 win against Barnsley Leaders on Saturday (17 August 2019) in their first match in South Leeds. Made up of players from the Mandelas Jrs of Chapeltown and South Leeds side Beeston Ballers, Leeds LDM’s U16s led from start to finish in
This weekend (24 & 25 August 2019) sees a festival of beer, music and cricket at Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club‘s ground on Gipsy Lane in Beeston. The club, which is currently celebrating its 150th anniversary, is hosting its third August Bank Holiday beer festival. This year they have added live
Cross Flatts parkrun 17th August The rain clouds had cleared and the sun shone once again on the 125 parkrunners in Cross Flatts park this morning. Great recruitment this week – we saw 7 first time parkrunners join us, including 2 juniors (Nathan Church & Callum Stockdale). We also welcomed
Local residents marked the regeneration of Trentham Park in Beeston at an official relaunch event on Saturday (17 August 2019). Under sunny skies, local residents completed a ribbon-cutting ceremony, children played with the new equipment and everyone treated themselves to free ice cream. It followed the installation of a new
Rowland Road Club in Beeston Hill are holding a car boot sale and community barbecue on Bank Holiday Monday (26 August 2019) – and everyone’s invited! Come grab a bargain, or raise some cash for your unwanted items, or both. The event is part of a summer programme including free
South Leeds parents are forging ahead with a school uniform scheme – that enables local families to donate, exchange or simply pick up uniforms for their children, all for free. The project – which currently aims to cover all the schools in Beeston, Holbeck and Cottingley – launched last summer,
The Friends of Trentham Park in Beeston Hill are this Saturday (17 August 2019) holding an event to mark the reopening of their ‘pocket park’ – and everyone’s invited! The park is a small triangular space in the heart of the dense terraced housing of Beeston Hill, and was until
Asha Neighbourhood Project in partnership with the West Yorkshire Police delivered a series of Safeguarding Awareness workshops for local women, service users and volunteers. The workshops empowered them with the knowledge of their rights and local issues in order for them integrate, improve their English, improve confidence to access universal
Robert Winfield, a long standing member of the Conserative Party in Leeds and their candidate in Beeston & Holbeck ward since 2004, has been suspended by the party following allegations of sexual harassment. A national row erupted on Twitter over the weekend as a number of women claimed to have