What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
One hundred people attended a meeting last night (10 December 2017) to find our more about Aspiring Communities’ (AC) controversial plans for the Ice Pak site on Barkly Road. The meeting, organised by Aspiring Communities and held at Beeston Parish Centre, set out to answer residents’ questions about the group’s
There was a great turnout for the Family Health & Fun Day at Beeston Parish Centre on Saturday (9 December 2017) with people from all sections of the local community attending. [slideshow_deploy id=’70684′] The event was organised by Aspiring Communities in partnership with Beeston Community Hub and South Leeds Live
On Tuesday (5 December 2017) staff and children at Hugh Gaitskell Primary School, St Anthony’s Drive, Beeston hosted a new look Christmas Fair. Santa paid a special visit in his extraordinary, newly constructed grotto and there were stalls and
Christmas has come early for the South Leeds Live at Home Scheme after a generous donation and some festive fun from Santa’s little helpers at Asda Beeston. South Leeds Live at Home Scheme has been recognised for their work in the local community by Asda Beeston, who has secured £1,000
Members of three local groups were handed giant cheques at Beeston Co-op last month. The three: Better Action For Families, St Mary’s Church Beeston and Crossroads Youth Club had all applied for a share of the £5,660.82 raised by Co-op members in the store over the last six months. Food
The popular annual Cross Flatts Park Lantern Festival returns to Beeston this Christmas – on Friday evening (8 December 2017). The free, family-friendly event will once again feature carol singing (led by the local Salvation Army brass band), live animals to meet and pet, refreshments (this year including roast chestnuts),
Cockburn School always produces a show for Christmas and this year it is School of Rock which opened tonight (5 December 2017). The show tells the story of Dewey Finn, a slacker rock guitarist who finds himself teaching rock’n’roll to primary school children. This heartwarming story is told through song
Police are appealing for witnesses after a scooter rider was left with serious injuries after a road traffic collision in South Leeds early this morning (5 December 2017). The incident happened at 3:50am on Dewsbury Road at the junction with Trentham Street when the bike and a dark-coloured Volkswagen were
Having been a resident of Beeston for nearly twenty years, moving here initially to attend university in 2000, I have seen many changes occur across South Leeds and the city as a whole. At the dawn of the millennium, areas that had become run down over a relatively short period
Three members of a Beeston kickboxing club have just returned victorious from Orlando Florida, where they were competing in the World Karate & Kickboxing Championships. Urban Freestyle Martial Arts (UFMA) is a small kickboxing club run by Dean Imbusch and based in Beeston on Dewsbury Road. Dean’s son Jordan, 16,