What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Leeds Palestinian Film Festival is experiencing a record surge in engagement, with multiple screenings declared sold out and community events drawing crowds across the city. Following capacity audiences for Yalla Parkour and the historical drama Palestine 36 earlier this week, the festival has confirmed that the upcoming screening of
Plans to turn a historic building into a 22-bedroom shared house have been blocked by the council. Permission was refused for the conversion of grade II-listed Matthew Murray House on Water Lane in Holbeck. The project would have seen en suite rooms with shared dining rooms and a communal kitchen
Bookings are open, and selling fast, for the ever popular Santa Specials at Middleton Railway. The railway is currently closed during November as it prepares for Santa’s arrival. The Santa Special Trains start running on Sunday 6 December. Each child aged up to 10 years inclusive for whom a fare
White Rose Shopping Centre has opened its annual gift donation campaign in support of Leeds based charity Kidz Klub, helping spread the festive spirit in the lead-up to Christmas. Guests are invited to donate toys and gifts suitable for children aged zero to 16 years old, with the 4+ age
Kidz Klub Leeds, a faith based, grassroots children’s charity dedicated to transforming lives in inner-city Leeds through the love of God, has been awarded the King’s Award for Voluntary Service – the highest accolade a UK voluntary group can receive. This national honour recognises the outstanding commitment of Kidz Klub’s
Communities across South Leeds are preparing for the festive season with a series of events to switch on Christmas Lights starting this week. The first communitiy to illuminate will be Hunslet as Hunslet Tenants and Residents Association have organised to switch on the lights in Hunslet Square, outside the Library,
A planning application has been submitted by Microsoft to build a data centre on the site of the former Skelton Grange power station in Stourton. Data Centres house ranks of servers (computers) providing computer power and storage for ‘the cloud’ and for artificial intelligence operations. They require large quantities of
Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, has launched a free programme to help young people develop ideas to benefit their community. The Mayor’s big ideas challenge is offering 16-25 year olds who live, work or study in West Yorkshire the chance to win prizes worth up to £625, if they
Christmas is on its way and it’s clear that, for many families, finding extra money to pay for this year’s festivities is going to be easier said than done. The good news is that, with a little financial planning, you can make your money stretch further than you think. Here,
A captivating exhibition will shed new light on the life and work of renowned Leeds artist John Atkinson Grimshaw. Grimshaw’s ‘moonlights’, as the artist called them, including depictions of Boar Lane and Park Row, will feature in Don’t Let’s Ask For the Moon: Nocturnes and Atkinson Grimshaw, which opens at