What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A teacher at Ruth Gorse Academy in Hunslet is running the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday (23 April 2017) for Barnardo’s. Will Shuttleworth, 37, from Beeston is aiming to raise £2,000 for the children’s charity which supports vulnerable children and young people. As well as running the marathon six foot
Drawings in the Basement Beeston’s Basement Arts Project latest exhibition presents the artwork of Paul Digby, which depicts a landscape that may seem quite familiar, geographically located in the margins of Leeds, as are the lives of many who live and work in the city. Whilst the topography of the
Police are appealing for information to trace missing Daniel Hirst from Leeds. Daniel (25) who is from Beeston, was last seen at about 9.30pm on Thursday (13 April 2017) near the Royal Armouries in Hunslet. He is described as white and was wearing a black thigh length jacket, dark bottoms,
The Friends of Hunslet Moor group are back in action this Saturday (15 April 2017), tidying up and beautifying their local green space – and all extra help is welcome! The park – just off the northern end of Dewsbury Road, bordered by the Longroyds and St Peter’s Court, and
The Government’s Department for Education (DfE) has today (12 April 2017) given the go ahead for two new Free Schools in South Leeds. As we reported back in October 2016 that the Cockburn Multi Academy Trust plan to open a new secondary school, to be called the Laurence Calvert Academy.
Students at Cockburn had special assemblies on Thursday 9 March to commemorate the death of student Kyle Asquith, who passed away following a fatal brain haemorrhage 4 years ago. A year after the 15-year-old’s tragic death, students and teachers at Cockburn launched a series of special fund-raising events in his
A group of tenants in Beeston have said they want to stay in their homes and are prepared to fight any attempt to evict them. Following our report about the threat to tenants on Kirk Beston Close and Cross Heath Grove in Beeston, South Leeds Life has been talking to
South Leeds was yesterday afternoon (Monday 3 April 2017) the scene of a major open-air fire, causing disruption for thousands of people – and a plume of toxic smoke visible from as far as away as Wakefield and Bradford. A large pile of 80 agricultural tyres caught ablaze in the
Members at the Kidz’n’Co Saturday club are celebrating after winning a Big Lottery Fund Awards For All grant of almost £10,000. The group, which meets at Beeston Village Community Centre every Saturday, supports families who have children with special educational needs. There are games and activities and a shared hot
What have the motor-manufacturing pioneer Henry Ford, politician Margaret Thatcher and the White Rose Centre got to do with my being inconvenienced? I came home on Friday to find a letter from Leeds Building Society telling me that my local branch was closing in a couple of months. This is