What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Today (10 October 2025) is World Mental Health Day and is being marked at Gasgoigne House extra care scheme in Middleton where I live, with a coffee afternoon, with Laura doing a themed quiz. There is a lot on the news today, with one particular lady talking about her baby
The Hunslet Club, a leading youth organisation in South Leeds, has officially opened its brand-new £1.2 million 3G sports facility yesterday (6 October 2025), funded through the Football Foundation’s Lionesses Fund – a national investment programme designed to boost women’s and girls’ participation in sport. The Hunslet Club is proud
Atkinson Grimshaw was born in 1836 in a back-to-back terrace house in Park Street (now demolished) to a low-earning working class family and was the oldest of subsequent brothers and sisters. On leaving school at 14 he became a clerk with the Great Northern Railway Company. But in his spare
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 29 September 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Retrospective change of use application from
Hunslet’s Rugby Heritage, part of Heritage Open Days this year, was a chance to see how the club was built by local enthusiasts way back in 1883 up until its modern history. The Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr Barry Anderson, and his wife, Caroline, came along to the Phoenix Bar in
Natalie Kaye, a dog trainer from Hunslet, is celebrating after her business NK9 Dog Services was awarded Dog Training Company of the Year. Natalie has been running dog training classes in Hunslet and Middleton for the last seven years, covering everything from life skills and recall to fun activities like
The founder of All Communities Connect CIC, which runs a food bank in Hunslet, has been awarded a Golden Heart award for his humanitarian services. Innocent Igiehon started distributing food to people in need during the Covid pandemic from his church and set up the social enterprise to cope with
Leeds College of Building (LCB) students and apprentices from the 2024/2025 academic year have been honoured at the annual BIG (Building Industry Greats) Awards. More accolades than ever before were handed out, including 44 trophies, seven Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) QUEST Technician Scholarships, and one medal from the British
Leeds South Bank, the former industrial areas of Holbeck and Hunslet, could be designated a ‘New Town’ under plans announced by the government yesterday (28 September 2025). If the plans go ahead, it could see 13,000 homes built in the area, with a target of 20% being ‘affordable’ and a
Beeston in Bloom led the charge for South Leeds at the Yorkshire in Bloom awards last week (25 September 2025), winning their fifth straight Gold medal. Competing in the Urban Community class, the judges described the group as “rich with art, plants, community and talent.” They were impressed by the