What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Normality is gradually coming back! The Friends of Middleton Park are starting their 2021 summer programme of events with their traditional Bluebell Walks in Middleton Woods. Last year these had to be cancelled because of Covid restrictions, but this year they are back on again. Normally the Friends hold the
The Hunslet Club is taking a turn back to its roots with a new youth provision at its Hillidge Road base. 80 years on from when the club was founded during the second world war when many fathers were away in the forces, we’re in another crisis and the club
Hunslet RLFC 6-12 Barrow Raiders Hunslet’s final warm-up behind closed doors today (25 April 2021) before the Betfred League 1 season gets underway with a home tie against Workington Town (Sunday 9 May) was a visit from another Cumbrian rival, League favourites Barrow Raiders. This would be Hunslet’s sternest test
Middleton Railway is set to receive £36,300 from the seciond round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. This award will help them to reopen following the lockdown and also to continue our work in preserving the World’s Oldest Railway. Nearly £400 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations
Ten fire appliances, an aerial unit and a specialist unit attended a fire at an industrial unit on Pepper Road in Hunslet this evening (23 April 2021). A plume of black smoke could be seen from across the city from the fire which is believed to have started in a
As part of our election coverage this year, South Leeds Life is hosting three online hustings meeting next week. 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. This is your opportunity to put
Leeds will move into a new phase of relaxing lockdown restrictions next week as council services along with more shops and businesses start to reopen and welcome back the public. Residents across the city are being asked to get familiar with the latest information so they can safely return to
The candidates for the 2021 Leeds City Council elections, and the West Yorkshire Mayor election 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 and for the West Yorkshire Mayor. We’re writing to
1. The census is pointless. It doesn’t help me. The census benefits us all by underpinning all the services every single one of us relies on. It provides information on our living arrangements, health, education and the jobs we do. The information from it will help inform policy at a
After an enforced year off last year, organisers are busy getting ready to welcome you back to community festivals and galas across South Leeds. First up will be Holbeck Gala, which plans to go ahead on Saturday 3 July. As usual it will take place on Holbeck Moor with lots