What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Students at Cockburn School spent the week before the Easter holidays raising funds for their school charity, the Kyle Asquith Foundation. They raised £1547! This included £300 from the Keldon School of Dance who performed at Cockburn School over the weekend before the fundraising week. The charity was set up
Year 9 and Year 10 football teams from Cockburn John Charles Academy (CJCA) have been crowned the Leeds South and Central League Champions. The boys embodied the Academy’s values and expectations, being prepared and showing resilience in order to attain the titles. Their coach, Mr Burnell states, “The passion and
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 17 April 2023: Listed Building application for recladding work to gables T F And J H Braime Holdings
Beeston-based fifth generation family-run bedmaker Harrison Spinks has achieved two prestigious King’s Awards for Innovation and International Trade, bringing the total number awarded to the company to seven. The luxury bed brand, which is active in 13 European countries, plus the USA, Canada, Korea, and Australia, secured the King’s Award
Leeds United Football Club will dedicate its upcoming home game against Liverpool on Monday (17 April 2023) to LEEDS 2023, in a major showcase of support for the city’s transformational Year of Culture. Fans in the stands at Elland Road will see the Leeds United squad warm-up in special LEEDS
A man has been given a life sentence after being convicted of the murder of a man whose battered body was found hidden under paving slabs and pallets outside an address in Leeds. The victim, Bradley Wall, aged 24, was found in a stairwell to the basement of a house
Children across south Leeds were informed of their secondary school place earlier this month, with a record 8,230 of pupils offered their first preference school, up from 7,825 last year. Leeds City Council made a total of 9,877 place offers for September 2023; a decrease of 15 from the offers
Creative Lives, the registered charity that champions community and volunteer-led arts activity, held its 2022 Creative Lives Awards ceremony in Leeds last month. Each year, the Awards ceremony is held in a different location across the UK and Ireland. This year, it took place in Leeds on 7 March 2023
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 3 April 2023: Single storey side extension 63 Winrose Drive Belle Isle Leeds LS10 3HP Ref. No: 23/01986/FU
There was a host of young scientists at DePuy Synthes in Beeston on Tuesday 28 March as pupils from neighbouring Hugh Gaitskell Primary School presented their scientific investigations. Children in Years 3, 4 and 5 had been working in small groups over the previous week on questions such as ‘What