What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
After months of training a group of girls have played their first rugby match in Middleton. The origins of the team lie in the weekly rugby sessions run by Hunslet Rugby Foundation (HRF) at Nutty Slack, the Leeds Corinthians’ ground in Middleton. The sessions are open to boys and girls,
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 10 February 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Change of use from Commercial, Business
The Neighbourhood Policing Team for Middleton and Belle Isle were continuing tackling the ward’s priority on drugs yesterday afternoon (11 February 2025). The team was again patrolling the car park on the junction of Aberfield Gate and Belle Isle Road. They stopped a vehicle which was trying to leave the
Swarthmore Education Centre’s Lottery funded project, Creative Communities, is in the second year of delivering free arts activities for adults in South Leeds. Here’s what we have going on alongside our regular blocks of workshops: Creating with the community in Belle Isle Over the next few months, our Community Artist
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 27 January 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: 4.00m single storey rear extension, 3.80m
Students at Cockburn John Charles Academy (CJCA) experienced a powerful and thought-provoking day when the ‘Prison Me, No Way!’ program visited the school. The initiative, designed to deter young people from crime and anti-social behavior, left a lasting impact on the students by highlighting the realities of prison life and
Belle Isle resident and Tours of Leeds founder Mike Hampshire is celebrating winning Yorkshire Specialist Tour Company of the Year 2024/25. Founded in 2018, Tours of Leeds has run guided and audio tours of the city to residents and tourists alike ever since. “I started out as Leeds Beer Tours,
Leeds City Council can today (14 January 2025) confirm that it will continue to maintain all of its crown green bowling facilities until the end of the sport’s 2025 summer season. As we reported here, the council began seeking people’s views at the start of this month over possible changes
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 6 January 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: External alterations to provide new shopfront;
People in Leeds are being encouraged to have their say on proposals for changes to the city’s crown green bowling facilities, with greens at Holbeck Moor and Cranmore Recreation Ground under threat of closure Leeds City Council announced plans in December for a consultation on crown green provision as part