What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hamara Healthy Living Centre has won a grant of £300,000 from independent trust Power to Change. The grant, part of the trust’s Community Business Fund, will allow Hamara to move the development of the Old Cockburn Sports Hall forward towards planning and detailed designs. Hamara’s vision is to renovate the
Leeds Chiefs 1-4 Milton Keynes Lightning As someone who has spent most of his sporting life on Elland Road watching either Leeds United or Hunslet RLFC during their years at the greyhound stadium, the arrival of a new Ice Hockey team in the area has piqued a bit of interest.
Leeds City Council has decided to demolish the troubled George IV pub on Grove Road in Hunslet and allocate the land for new Council Housing. The site has been a problem for local residents for many years. The pub was substantially damaged by a fire on the night of 18
The controversial High Speed Rail line (HS2) from London to Leeds has been given the go ahead today (11 February 2020) by the Prime Minister. As we have previously reported over the last seven years, including here, here, here and here Leeds will see a new station built in the
As part of our Climate Crisis series, South Leeds Life asked local schools what they are doing around environmental education and action. Here are the responses from Cockburn school and Greenmount Primary School in Beeston, but first the members of Westwood Primary School‘s Eco Club in Middleton: We are a
Leeds Corinthians RUFC travelled to lowly Rotherham on Saturday (8 February 2020) looking to cement their place at the top of Yorkshire 3. They came away with a comprehensive victory, but one which at times they made difficult for themselves. They began the game at lightning speed with tries from
An application for planning permission has been submitted to create a community sports hub next to Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium. As previously reported here Leeds City Council are planning to provide four 3G artificial pitches on land at Fullerton Park on Elland Road in Beeston. The scheme is part
Pupils at Hunslet St Mary’s Primary School take environmental issues very seriously as I discovered when I dropped in on group learning how to grow salads indoors. Nathan Atkinson, Director of Rethink Food and a former headteacher, was in school to show the children how to grow crops in a
Leeds Urban Bike Park in Middleton has won the coveted Trail Of The Year award in MBR magazine, in association with Sram. The magazine praised LUBP’s Red Trail which snakes through Middleton Woods for its accessibility and flexibility. Riders are encouraged to ride the trail repeatedly gaining speed and confidence on
Dozens of volunteers of all ages got digging together during January 2020, planting 2,000 saplings across Hunslet – in what is planned as the first phase of a major tree-planting initiative across south Leeds. Over five days, the volunteers planted the trees on the edge of a number of local