What’s On Roundup 2-8 May 2026
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. We start this week in Hunslet where The Church of the Nazarene host their monthly coffee morning with affordable breakfast on Saturday morning, 10am-12pm. Lupton Street, LS10 2QR. On Saturday afternoon the Beeston Repair
Review: I, Daniel Blake at Leeds Playhouse
In the Autumn of 2016, Ken Loach’s social-realist film was hitting the nation’s cinemas, and it got everyone talking. Whilst ‘We’re all in this together’ was bandied about relentlessly by politicians, up on the big screen the everyday, personal tragedy of poverty reflected what many of us were seeing across
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