What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
We start this week on Saturday morning with Beeston in Bloom’s ever-popular Spring Plant Sale at Watsonian Pavilion in Cross Flatts Park, 10am-12pm Hunslet Tenants & Residents Association will be out on Church Street with their information desk from 11am Re:establish are holding a Table top sale at Hillside, Beeston
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
Hunslet RLFC 16-20 Keighley Cougars Hunslet came within 13 seconds of beating joint League 1 favourites and big spenders Keighley Cougars in a thrilling encounter at the South Leeds Stadium last night (15 April 2022). Trailing 16-14 in added time Keighley gave the ball some flight and threw caution to
South Leeds Life’s partnership with Leeds Playhouse continues, offering readers two free* tickets to see a show this spring. “This season is a thrilling culmination of all the work we do, both on stage and off. We have worked hard to present a season that reflects, inspires and entertains the
The candidates for the 2022 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 and Middleton Park ward. We’re writing to all the candidates to ask them about why they are standing and
Slung Low have announced that they will be moving from The Holbeck club to new premises in the area in the next 12 months. The theatre group, which formed an innovative partnership with the oldest continuously open working men’s club in Britain, made the announcement at the club’s Annual General
Hunslet RLFC 22-22 Oldham RLFC No one can say they don’t get their money’s worth at the South Leeds Stadium as Hunslet and Oldham played out a thrilling draw this afternoon (Sunday April 3 2022). It’s hard to say whether Hunslet’s fans will be happy or sad after they saw
Rochdale Mayfield 18-22 Hunslet Club Parkside Round 5 of the National Conference League Premier Division saw Hunslet Club Parkside on the road again, this time just over the Pennines with Rochdale Mayfield making up the opposition. Expectations were high for a successful trip and so it turned out with Parkside
Kitson was one of the great names in industrial Hunslet and Leeds. For over a century locomotives bearing the name were exported all over the world covering the new railways which fed growth and development and one of the men at the heart of this was James Kitson. James Kitson
Private hire drivers have been holding protests, including a go-slow drive through Leeds city centre on Friday 18 March, about alleged unfair treatment from Leeds City Council. Leeds is introducing a new Suitability and Convictions Policy for taxi and private hire drivers as part of a government initiative to improve