What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Students from Leeds Beckett University are working with Yorkshire Contemporary and local Beeston residents to turn Rowland Road Working Men’s Club’s previously derelict backyard into a thriving community adventure playground. The site has been reimagined as the Rowland Road Play Patch – a free, inclusive outdoor space designed for creativity,
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. We start this week in Belle Isle where Trinity Network host their Community Reflections Café on Saturday 10am-12pm at the United reformed Church, Nesfield Avenue, Belle Isle, LS10 3LG On Sunday the Friends
This coming week is half term so we’ve compiled a round up of activities to help you keep tyour kids occupied and engaged: Camps at The Hunslet Club The Hunslet Club host their regular Activity Camp from Monday to Friday. Thewill also be a Rugby Camp, Dance Camp, Football Camp
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras are to be installed on a Beeston street to enforce School Street restrictions at Hugh Gaitskell Primary School. The cameras are part of a trial at two schools, the other is Chapel Allerton Primary, and are funded by West Yorkshire Combined Authority. A council
Hunslet RLFC 6-52 Huddersfield Giants Hunslet exited the Challenge Cup last night (6 February 2026) at the hands of Super League Huddersfield Giants for the second season in a row. The fulltime professional outfit showed too much class early on and were effectively in control inside the first quarter of
Product design students have been set a real-world sustainability challenge following a visit to a major live construction project in Leeds. Students from Elliott Hudson College were welcomed on site while work is underway to significantly expand the existing Primark store at White Rose Shopping Centre. Lindum Group is delivering
The Hunslet Club has announced a wide-ranging programme of activities for the upcoming half term, aimed at keeping children and young people across South Leeds active, engaged and supported during the school holidays. The programme includes a variety of holiday camps and structured activities, such as Activity Camp, Football Camp,
Many of us may be feeling a sense of relief that January is now behind us and I am grateful that the evenings are getting lighter. It hasn’t been easy to get outside during what was a very cold January with freezing temperatures, a survival challenge for our local wildlife.
To mark the 200th anniversary of Matthew Murray’s death, we are reproducing an article first published in June 2023. Matthew Murray is believed to have been born in Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1765 but little is known of his early life. His father had him apprenticed to a Smith, more probably a
Mikey Marsden, a Year 11 student at Cockburn School has become the latest student to successfully be elected to serve as a UK Youth Parliament member. The United Kingdom Youth Parliament is a Parliament-based model which aims to bring together and empower young people from all areas of the UK