Category: Belle Isle

News and events for the Belle Isle area

Pride in Place community art project

Swarthmore Education Centre’s Lottery Funded Creative Communities project is delighted to announce its next blocks of Pride in Place art workshops, which will take place at BITMO’s Gate in Belle Isle and St Luke’s Church in Holbeck. In each block, six talented artists will demonstrate and introduce participants to their

On The Beat: Belle Isle and Middleton

Sgt Dan Ryder writes: In June 2023, I transferred to West Yorkshire Police from Thames Valley Police, and I am now the Lead Sergeant role for the Middleton and Belle Isle area. I have been a serving Police officer for 20 years and have spent many of these years on

School Street for Windmill Primary School

Part of Windmill Road in Belle Isle could be declared a School Street, limiting vehicle access at the start and end of the school day, according to a report published yesterday (21 March 2024). Windmill Primary School, together with St Bartholomew’s in Armley and Ireland Wood in Weetwood have been

In Harmony donations will be doubled for one week

Four South Leeds schools could benefit from Opera North’s fundraising push ‘Let Music Inspire’ and donations next week will be doubled. For one week only from Tuesday 19 March, every donation made towards Opera North’s ‘Let Music Inspire’ campaign will be matched pound for pound thanks to the Big Give’s

Sprinter’s sports academy comes to South Leeds

Tim Abeyie, a former Team GB sprinter is bringing his Speed for Sport Academy to South Leeds. The academy helps young athletes, 7-16 years old, to learn all the key fundamentals on how to run in the correct way, enabling them to perform to their highest level. Tim explained: “Sprinting

Inner South Community Committee to meet next week

The agenda for the next meeting of the Inner South Community Committee, made up of the nine Councillors for our three wards: Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park, has been published. The meeting, which is open to the public, is taking place at The Welcome Centre, Saint

Updated: Man wanted in murder enquiry has links to Hunslet and Belle Isle

Updated: Thursday 15 February 2024  Police can now confirm an arrest has been made in connection with the death of a woman in Harehills, Leeds. We would like to thank the public and the local media for their assistance with our appeal. Officers are no longer looking for Warren Spence.