What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On Saturday (3 June 2017) St Luke’s CARES charity coordinated a range of interactive activity at White Rose Shopping Centre to celebrate their new charity partnership together, and promote the different work they do in the south Leeds community. [slideshow_deploy id=’64012′] As a volunteer from St Luke’s CARES I was pleased
The Friends of Cross Flatts Park have announced their programme of Bands in the Park for 2017. The run kicks off on Sunday (11 June 2017) with The Caribbeans steel band. Sunday 18 June sees folk musicians Alistair Russell and Chris Parkinson. They are followed on 25 June by Swing
Hillside Enterprise Centre is located near the bottom of Beeston Road in a Grade II listed former school building. Many people know the building, but do you know what goes on behind the impressive façade? South Leeds Life went to talk to some of the business and organisations that call
Our review of The Grapes of Wrath, currently showing at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, referred to a ‘chorus’. We spoke to two members of this amateur group which complements the professional actors on stage. Amy Wilson from Hunslet and Kev Phillips from Beeston both responded to adverts for an open
The Eden Project’s Big Lunch came to Beeston on Monday evening (29 May 2017) as the community celebrated the start of Ramadan eating dinner together on a big table. People from all major faiths and religions including the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith and people of no faith attended this successful event
This week is Volunteers’ Week and South Leeds charity St Luke’s CARES is holding a celebration event at their Dewsbury Road shop on Friday (2 June 2017). The event runs from 11am-2pm and will include food and live music, as well as the chance to find out more about volunteering
An exhibition called ‘Leeds Parks: Past, Present and Future’ is to be held at the Watsonian Pavilion in Cross Flatts Park on Saturday 3 June 2017. The exhibition is a chance to see how the city’s parks have changed over time, from their Victorian origins to the present day, and
Mr Ian Marker, the Senior Partner at Marker and Associates, who joined an established Dental Practice on Dewsbury Road has retired. Mr Marker who qualified from Leeds Dental School in 1982 joined Mr. Baggaley as a partner in 1990 at 220 Dewsbury Road, Beeston.. In 1995 he developed the practice
Beeston St. Anthony’s finished the season in style at Elland Road, playing the Final of the Senior Challenge Cup against Real Moor. [slideshow_deploy id=’63438′] Pictured: Captain Steven Kerr lifting the trophy, Manager Mark Halmshaw airborne, and the jubilant victors, Beeston. Photos: John Adamson Beeston had an early 2-0 lead with goals
Staff, pupils and parents at Beeston Primary School are celebrating their latest Ofsted report which graded the school as ‘Good’, the second highest grade. The letter from Brian Stillings, the Ofsted inspector says “Teaching standards are high across the school and pupils thrive on producing their best work.” It goes