What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Lord Mayors of Leeds and Bradford were on hand at Middleton Railway on Saturday (26 October 2024) for the formal handing over of Leeds-built locomotive ‘Hawarden’. As we previously reported when the locomotive arrived in January this year, Hawarden was built in 1899 by Hudswell Clarke & Co in
St Andrew’s Pantomime Group in Beeston have announced that this year’s show will be Babes In The Wood, a show they haven’t staged since 2011. The show, produced by Hannah Davison, will run from Saturday 18 January through to Saturday 1 February 2025 at St Andrew’s Community Centre on Cardinal
On Thursday 3 October 2024, Bisade Adeyeye, aged 10, from St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School in Beeston came second as the new Children’s Mayor of Leeds was announced by the Lord Mayor Councillor Abigail Marshall Katung at a special event at Leeds Civic Hall. Bisade spent much of
Swinton Lions 20-22 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet’s season went right down to the wire last night at Heywood Road, Sale (13 October 2024) as a Jack Render try with 2 minutes to go edged Hunslet in front in a tightly fought contest to send the travelling supporters into rapture, and the Parksiders into
Marking its 20th edition this year, Light Night Leeds will feature large-scale projections, live street theatre and interactive installations that will incorporate some of city’s most recognisable locations. As well as the city centre, there are six installations south of the river this year in the South Bank Zone which
At the start of September, it was sad to see the demolition of the Queens Hotel in Stourton taking place. Although it had been left unoccupied for some time, the Queens was a landmark in Stourton and was the last residential building left standing in this once thriving village which
We have been distributing copies of our October newspapers to 200 pick up points around LS10 and LS11 today (4 October 2024). Unfortunately the papers were delayed in transit by over 24 hours which has in turn delayed our distribution. Copies are, or soon will be, available from various food
First Bus has announced service changes to come into effect on Sunday 27 October, including the removal of the 1 and 1B, to be replaced by a new 24 service. The 24 will run from Beeston through the city centre and Headingley to Holt Park, the route of the old
A new Leeds Civic Trust Blue Plaque has been unveiled to record the events of 1936 when 30,000 Leeds residents rallied against the British Union of Fascists on Holbeck Moor. On 27 September 1936 Sir Oswald Mosley and 1,000 Blackshirts of the British Union of Fascists marched from the city
Belle Isle will be run by its tenant management organisation for another five years. Belle Isle tenants have voted by a huge majority for Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO) to continue. This was announced at BITMO’s Annual General Meeting last night (26 September 2024) by the Chair, Leon Kirkham.