What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
St Andrew’s Methodist Church, on Old Lane in Beeston celebrated its 60th anniversary on Sunday 6 November 2016. Both current and former members attended a service of celebration and thanksgiving led by the Rev Paul Bettison. Paul was brought up in Beeston and remembers visiting the new St Andrew’s as a
Pupils, parents and staff at Hunslet Moor Primary School in Beeston marked Children In Need day with a big charity breakfast this morning (Friday 18 November 2016). The school runs a daily breakfast club, supported by Greggs and PWC, for 40-50 children. The club ensures children are nourished and ready
Monday (14 November 2016) was takeover day at New Bewerley Community School in Beeston as children across the school took on adult roles for the day. The whole school was involved with children in Key Stage 1 painting pictures of staff in school, whilst those in Key Stage 2 applied
It’s not every day you get the opportunity to buy two streets, but 44 flats and 29 houses on Kirk Beston Close and Cross Heath Grove in Beeston are currently on the market. In fact it’s not the whole of Cross Heath Grove, the section parallel to Elland Road is
Junior ‘parkrun’ – a new weekly running event for kids and young people – launched in style last Sunday (13 November 2016) in Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park. A mighty 57 youngsters took part in an event that organisers described as ‘amazing’ and ‘magical’. The free 2km event will now take
Students and staff at Cockburn paid their respect on Armistice Day with a dignified ceremony at the school war memorial. Cockburn students who are cadets from across the armed forces wore their military uniform to school. Led by Year 11 student Davina Nattrass, they marched along the school corridors leading
If you don’t fancy exercise bikes and weights rooms, have you thought about getting your exercise by gardening at a ‘Green Gym’? As well as (gentle) exercise, going to the Green Gym is a great way to learn new skills and meet new people. Working on an allotment plot you
The Beeston community has continued to pull together in the wake of Sophie Smith’s tragic death last month, with two local mums throwing a fundraising event last weekend (Saturday 5 November 2016) for the funeral. Held at the Tommy Wass pub on Dewsbury Road, the packed all-age event featured food,
If you enjoy Cluedo and fancy yourself as an amateur sleuth why not go along to Beeston Parish Centre on Saturday and see if you can solve their murder mystery. Actors will act out the murder scenario. Then there will be a break for questions and discussions. Finally the actors
Police are appealing for information to trace a Polish man who has gone missing from Beeston. Krzyzstof Dziegielewski, aged 30, was reported missing on October 29 after last being seen by work colleagues on October 25. Enquiries have now indicated he flew to Barcelona from Manchester on October 27. He