What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Leeds Music Trust, a charity that supports new talent and aim to promote the benefits of live music to all, especially to those who would not otherwise have access to such support. LMT is based at the Old Chapel rehearsal studios in Holbeck are presenting four up and coming
The Hunslet Independent Supporters Trust (HIST) members will put their best foot forward for a sponsored walk to Mount Pleasant, Batley on the day of the Co-Operative Championship clash between Batley Bulldogs and Hunslet Hawks. The walk is to help raise funds for both HIST and HISSA. The walk is open to
Longtime readers of South Leeds Life may recall the story of a historic film of the Queen’s visit to South Leeds in 1958 being found under the stage of the Hunslet Club You may be interested to learn that some brief excerpts from this are to feature on an ITV
A free event to highlight a campaign to encourage plain packaging for cigarettes is being held in Holbeck and supported by Hilary Benn MP. The Plain Packs Protect campaign says every year 340,000 children and young people are tempted to try smoking. Two thirds of smokers start before the age
Former Hunslet Club member and later Rugby World Cup Winner Jason Robinson OBE has been inducted into the Rugby Players Association Hall of Fame. At the annual association dinner in London, Jason said “For me to be thought of in this way is superb and something I am extremely proud
Cottingley resident Nigel Keer, who last year sprang to national fame in the press and on TV as the ‘naked rambler’ after receiving a court fine for tramping around Otley Chevin wearing nothing but a baseball cap, boots and a backpack, has launched a campaign for better train services on his estate. Nigel
The lure of the summer sun didn’t affect the turnout at last night’s meeting of the Cottingley TRAC group. Local residents heard from Chris and David, the new owners of Cotttingley Pharmacy. They appealed for the support of everyone on the Cottingley Hall estate and said that the estate had great
Here’s your weekly roundup of what’s making south Leeds tick on the area’s blogs and websites. Councillors, police and Aire Valley Homes officers will be present at tonight’s meeting to discuss local issues at the Cottingley TRAC group meeting at Cottingley Primary School (7pm). The need to reopen the estate’s
A Middleton-based dance group is holding a car wash on Saturday (May 26) to help raise funds to take youngsters to competitions. Leeds Dynamite dance and cheerleading squad provides children and young peoiple with affordable dance and cheerleading classes in Middleton. It’s a self-funded group and relies on fundraising to
Friday night is movie night in Belle Isle! The third in Health For All’s popular family-orientated events will see Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s epic The Adventures of Tin Tin being screened at Belle Isle Family Centre this Friday. Meet at 5pm for food (which has a small charge) and 5.30pm