What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On the weekend of 22 June Leeds and Wakefield celebrated the start of Yorkshire Sculpture International and visual arts festival Index, which are running in parallel for 100 days until 29 September. I spoke to one of the Index producers, Georgia Taylor, at their launch and she explained that Index
This weekend, 6 & 7 July 2019, sees a huge range of activities taking place in South Leeds, so we thought we would give you quick rundown to mark your card: Saturday morning always starts with parkrun. The free, timed, 5k walk, jog or run takes place at both Cross
The Beeston Young Ladies Cooking Club recently held their showcase event which was a great success and benefit for the young ladies who are aged 11-15. After recently securing funding from Touchstone and receiving donations from various Uncles and other sources in the community the club held a twenty-week course
The fundraising drive at St Francis of Assisi Primary School in Beeston Hill, to refurbish their outdoor play area, continues – with a well-attended summer fair last weekend (Sunday 30 June 2019) raising another £700 towards their £10,000 minimum target. As previously reported (here and here), the school’s Parent Teacher
It’s a quiet and calm Sunday morning by the River Aire. Kayakers glide on the water, pedestrians stroll by the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and a couple of ducks curl up on the grassy bank hoping to enjoy a weekend lie-in. Venture into the nearby gym off Kirkstall Road, though,
Cockburn John Charles Maths students George Davies, Rhys Nunns, Xiao Yi Weng and Patrick Butuza have been working on a game design competition called ‘Cracking the Code’ as part of a Gifted & Talented Maths club. After submitting their proposal to the judging panel they are among top 10 teams
Councillors have approved the introduction of mandatory licensing of all private landlords operating in the Beeston Hill area. At the Council’s Executive Board, meeting on 26 June 2019, officers argued that private rented housing was a relevant factor in increasing levels of deprivation in the area. Whilst landlords in other
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 24 June 2019: Garage and Boundary wall to rear 109 Cross Flatts Street Cross Flatts Leeds LS11 7JF Ref.
“It’s changed my perspective and it’s changed my life. I don’t know what I would be doing now without the RAF,” says Yanks Sawo, a man who was born in Gambia and lives in South Leeds but was moulded by the Royal Air Force. Based at RAF Leeming in North
The annual series of free concert, organised by the Friends of Cross Flatts Park, kicks off on Sunday (30 June 2019) with the popular Latin American sounds of Mestisa. They will be followed by The Caribbeans Steel Band on Sunday 7 July; Yorkshire swing band, Swing of Things on 14