What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Works are underway to construct a new 3G pitch and three grass pitches to help turbocharge women’s and girls’ football in Leeds, thanks to investment from the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation. The new pitch at The Hunslet Club is one of at least 30 set to
Middleton Railway will open its 2025 season on Saturday (5 April 2025) with its traditional Community Day. The day offers a platform to a wide range of community groups to promote themselves to visitors and hopefully gain some new members. People visiting the railway will get a chance to find out
London Broncos 26-6 Hunslet RLFC Injury hit Hunslet showed real signs of improvement at the Cherry Red Records Stadium, Wimbledon yesterday (29 March 2025), but were always up against it after a slow start saw them 12-0 down in only 9 minutes. The Parksiders are missing three hookers and their
Celebrating Hunslet, a wonderful piece of animated community artwork, co-created by local residents working with artist Rozi Fuller, was unveiled at the Involve Centre last Saturday (22 March 2025). The piece is a collage representing various stories from around Hunslet, but with the use of the Artivive app on a
Leeds City Council is selling a plot of land at Clarence Road, near Leeds Dock in the Riverside area of Hunslet, to Homes England for affordable housing it has been revealed in a report published yesterday (26 March 2025). The site sits between Leeds Museum’s Discovery Centre on Carlisle Road
Vastint UK, the developer behind Leeds’ new 24-acre mixed-use district on the former Tetley brewery site, has announced workplace pensions providers TPT Retirement Solutions will move into Aire Park’s new commercial building, 3 South Brook Street. Established more than 75 years ago and now one of the UK’s leading providers
Toulouse Olympique 50-6 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet left the South of France defeated but not bowed last Saturday (22 March 2025) after a 50-6 defeat to Toulouse Olympique at the Stade Ernest-Wallon. The Parksiders were underdogs against a full-time Toulouse side who had beaten Bradford Bulls two weeks previously 36-4. The
Councillors on the City Plans Panel approved planning permission for the first residential blocks at Aire Park, the development on the former Tetley brewery site, at the meeting on 13 March 2025. This was a ‘reserved matters’ application looking at the detailed plans, following ‘outline planning approval’ covering the entire
Three boxers who hope to join the paid ranks over the next couple of years joined twelve others from Hunslet’s Golden Team gym on a show at the Aria Suite in Woodhouse attended by upwards of four hundred people. Middleton’s Nicola Aldred, 31, faced Manchester fighter Frankie Taylor. “I did
Opera North will be working with local people in Hunslet over the coming months to co-create a brand new song in celebration of Hunslet and its residents. The songwriting project is a response to Creative Communities work (see opposite) and is the start of a programme of community activities in