What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Beeston’s BasementArtsProject has teamed up with Depot Art Studios to let artists from Leeds and Manchester show their work in each other’s city. The last five years have seen a significant period of development for both BasementArtsProject; Leeds and Depot Art Studios; Manchester. Defined over time by a sense of
Aspiring Communities has organised a litter pick in Cross Flatts Park on Sunday (13 May 2018) to be followed by refreshments and family fun. Shaz Akhtar, one of the organisers, said: “We would like our community to come together to keep the people’s park a clean and safe environment for
New Bewerley Community School in Beeston is celebrating after having been found to be ‘Good’ across the board in their latest Ofsted inspection. Amongst their findings, Inspectors reported that: “From their low starting points in Reception, most pupils make strong progress by the time they reach the end of Year
You can call it rapping, or poetry, slamming or ranting – it’s all performing the spoken word. In the run up to Beeston Festival Phil Pearce and Kevin Philips are running free weekly workshops, starting on Tuesday 8 May, 6-7pm at City Evangelical Church on Cemetery Road. During the ten
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 30 April 2018: 6m single storey rear extension, 3.95m to ridge height and 2.5m to eaves 43 Old Lane
A new community radio station is taking shape at the Cockburn Skills Hub in Beeston and they are looking for contributors and presenters. The team at South Leeds Radio, led by Mick O’Loughlin, are planning a range of programming including music, women’s issues, local history, sports and South Leeds Life
Beeston-based mattress retailer OTTY is helping to ensure that Yorkshire’s vulnerable and abandoned cats and kittens get the purrfect night’s sleep by donating 15 of its pet beds, totalling at £1,200, to regional pet charity, Yorkshire Cat Rescue. OTTY’s pet beds will be used to help Yorkshire’s furry feline friends
Watching the BBC programme What Do Artists Do All Day? on artist Norman Ackroyd recently you might have been intrigued to hear a mention of his South Leeds roots, while he was busy creating an acid-etched picture on sheet metal. [slideshow_deploy id=’76030′] A meat trade start; Ringtons Tea Factory; Beeston Hill;
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 23 April 2018: Change of use of house (C3) to a house in multiple occupation (C4) 53 Wickham Street
Just before the Easter holiday, teams from four South Leeds schools came together to compete in a Poetry Slam. The event was held in the theatre at Cockburn School and gave children from three primary schools an insight into life in ‘big school’. Middleton Primary School were back to defend