What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Chants of “Save our lollipop lady” and “Save our lives” plus car horns adding their support in the background soundtracked a small but lively protest outside Beeston Primary School this afternoon (13 March 2025). As we reported in September, the council has decided to withdraw the funding it provides to
The Unlocking Potential programme recently hosted a special coaching event at Leeds Beckett University in celebration of International Women’s Day. More than 100 girls from Beeston Primary School took part in the event, reinforcing the programme’s commitment to expanding sporting opportunities for young girls across the city. The session featured
Two young men who were employed in the Engineering Labourites at the Yorkshire College visited a soap works in 1897 where they saw a number of girls wrapping the bars of soap by hand. Andrew Forbes and Frederick Grover thought that a mechanical device could be provided to carry out
Imagine you are starting out as a young scientific researcher. You have an idea and want to test it in a laboratory, but you don’t have one. What can you do? Step forward a new company based in Holbeck called QuickLabs which has been created to solve this problem by
We have been distributing copies of our March newspapers to 200 pick up points around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (6 March 2025). 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 &
With Inspector Mark Lund I am writing this article to update you on the good work that has been undertaken in the Hunslet and Riverside ward. Since December I have had the use of the Neighbourhood Impact Team and Team Leodis to assist with issues raised by the community, councillors
Ahead of World Book Day on Thursday (6 March 2025) Asda have relaunched its instore book donation points with the aim of supporting families in accessing books through their nationwide partnership with literacy charity the Children’s Book Project. To help launch the campaign, Asda and the Children’s Book project put
The Lord Mayor of Leeds Charity Appeal ‘Just One Day’ has been hailed a ‘great success’, after returning last Thursday (27 February 2025) with the theme of ‘one day to play’. The event runs all year, but features a day where schools, universities, businesses and the public can spend the
Hunslet RLFC 26-28 Widnes Vikings Hunslet exited the AB Sundecks 1895 Cup yesterday at the South Leeds Stadium (2 March 2025) after a closely fought encounter between two evenly matched teams. The game could have gone either way, but after leading at the break Hunslet will be disappointed to not
Local pioneering paint re-use social enterprise, Seagulls, are celebrating 20 years helping people to access recycled low-cost paint to redecorate their homes and upcycle their furniture. The social enterprise started as an idea thought up between two friends around a kitchen table, about how to support the environment and make