Hard Shoulder Motorway City
We would like to invite the community of South Leeds to our next opening on Tuesday 19th May | 5:30 – 8:30pm by Artist Lane Shipsey.
Clapgate’s resuscitation heroes recognised
When 30 Year 6 pupils from Clapgate Primary School in Belle Isle, accompanied by four members of staff, headed to Eccup reservoir for a nature walk last June, no one was expecting a medical emergency or a visit from the Air Ambulance. But towards the end of the walk Teaching
South Leeds Life to host local election hustings
As part of our election coverage South Leeds Life is hosting three online hustings meeting again this year. All the candidates standing in the Leeds City Council elections for our three wards have been invited and we would like you to join us too. This is your opportunity to put
Plans unveiled to protect future of Hunslet spire
The fate of local a landmark, the tower and spire of St Mary’s church in Hunslet, is a little more secure following a public meeting held last week (14 April 2026) by the Diocese of Leeds who own the structure. They revealed that they have received an approach from a
Threadbare Hunslet exit 1895 Cup
Oldham RLFC 72-24 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet could only name 16 fit players for their trip to Oldham in the 1895 and subsequently exited the competition on the wrong end of a big score, but at halftime the Parksiders were well in the game, the contrast between the two halves could
Candidates announced for May’s Council elections
The candidates for the 2026 Leeds City Council elections have been announced. We’ve published full lists of the candidates on separate pages for: Beeston & Holbeck ward Hunslet & Riverside ward Middleton Park ward We’re writing to all the candidates to ask them about why they are standing and what
MYP’s Notebook: Planning, singing and SEND
At the end of February, I was delighted to go down to London to meet the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza. The other ambassadors and I for 2026 got a chance to meet and discuss our goals and ideas for the coming year and received some vital
South Leeds Wildlife: Spring is blossoming
We reached the spring equinox on 21 March, and the season is in full flow with life beginning to erupt all around us with brighter and longer days. The word ‘equinox’ comes from the Latin – aequalis (equal) and nox (night). At spring equinox, we have reached the first of
Local History: The Round Foundry
To close the Matthew Murray Anniversary I thought it might be an idea to just do the Round Foundry and its history and I hope you can bear with me on this. Matthew Murray – the father of Leeds Engineering – set up a factory for making engines at Mill
Read our April newspaper online
We have been distributing copies of our April newspapers to 200 pick up points around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (2 April 2026). Copies are, or soon will be, available from various food shops including Beeston Nisa as well as many small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs &