What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Beeston Festival held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 11 January, reflecting on another successful event in 2023 and looking ahead to 2024. The Annual Report, which is now available to read and download on the festival website at beestonfestival.org.uk, details how the organising committee plan their work and reflected
It was refreshing to read about the new Cross Flatts football team being formed at the Hamara Centre to, hopefully, start playing in a league next year. Our community, in Cross Flatts, have been starved of a team representing our village for years now, the last team to play, also
There have been two nasty incidents in two popular parks in South Leeds in recent months. First, the two swans were shot in Middleton Park at the end of November. Then a man, who almost certainly knew his attacker, was shot in the leg in Cross Flatts Park earlier this
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 Monday 8 January 2024. Click on the description to see the full application: Listed Building Application for internal alterations
Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club are looking for new players of all ages. At open age level the club has three senior teams, a 1st and 2nd XI playing on Saturdays as well as a Sunday XI. The club are also looking for young players who have enthusiasm to train and
Two friends from South Leeds, Paolo Griffiths and Steve Hicky, who both love 1950s and 60s rock’n’roll music have teamed up for The ‘New’ Leeds Rock’n’Roll Club. Paolo and Steve had separate rock’n’roll clubs before Covid, but teamed up last year and ran three successful gigs in 2023 at The
This is a story about some messy concrete on Dewsbury Road. And how our environment shapes us, without us even realising – for better or worse. And how, through small actions, we can change our communities, every day. It all started with some holes in the pavement outside a shop
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 weeks beginning Monday 1 January 2024. Click on the description to see the full application: Reserved Matters Application for Approval of
In an exhilarating and educational experience, students from Cockburn John Charles Academy embarked on a memorable residential trip to Bewerley Park, nestled amidst the scenic beauty of Nidderdale in North Yorkshire. This excursion, designed to foster teamwork, resilience, and personal growth, offered a diverse array of activities that tested the
Police are appealing for information following a firearms discharge in Leeds. At 9.31pm yesterday (Wednesday 3 January 2024), police received a report from the ambulance service that a man had been shot in the Cross Flatts area of Beeston. Armed officers were deployed to the area and found a 27-year-old