What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Hunslet Club youth club spreads holiday cheer with Christmas dinner event for senior citizens In the spirit of giving back to the community and enhancing intergenerational connections, The Hunslet Club senior youth club section organised a heartwarming Christmas dinner event for 60 senior citizens as part of their final
Cottingley Primary Academy turned one Christmas tradition on its head this year by organising a reverse advent calendar. Throughout December the school asked children and staff across school to bring in an item each day to donate to the foodbank if they were able to, rather than receiving something. And
This year’s Christmas production at Cockburn School was Mary Poppins Jr. The show was seen by a total audience of 1,000 people at four evening performances and one matinee for local primary schools. We caught up with the lead actors to discuss their experiences of being in the show:
The Beeston Christmas Lantern Festival brought the Christmas magic back to Cross Flatts Park on Friday (8 December 2023) and it was bigger and better than ever with people from across south Leeds joining in with the festivities. Led by local churches, and featuring volunteers and partners from across the
With over a thousand tonnes of extra black and green bin waste expected to be produced and over a million bins to be emptied, Leeds City Council’s refuse service will be working through the Christmas period to ensure bin collections continue to run smoothly. The service is only closing on
There’s only one word to describe this memorable production of Oliver! at Leeds Playhouse: phenomenal! The costumes and set really captured an authentic feel of Dickensian London, you could almost feel the smog and smell the smoke. Using the theatre in the round was a masterstroke, making the audience feel
Leeds New Station was given Royal Assent in 1865 and it opened to traffic in 1869 and was situated off New Station Street and roughly occupied the area where Platforms 9 to 17 at the present station are situated. This station was designed by Thomas Prosser the architect for the
Two swans who have made their home on the lake in Middleton Park over recent years were found shot today (30 November 2023). The male died at the site, but the female has survived and is being cared for by Yorkshire Swan Rescue. In a statement, West yorkshire Police said:
We have been distributing copies of our December newspaper to 200 pick up points around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (30 November 2023). Copies are available from various food shops including Dewsbury Road Tesco and Beeston Nisa as well as many small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs and
Boxer Devin Myers is delighted at his second successful defence of his Mark Holmes Promotions 61kg lightweight title belt in what he described as ‘an entertaining but brutal encounter’ at the show which took place mid-November at Hunslet Carr WMC. “This was the best I’ve ever boxed,” said Myers, “I