What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
With heavy rain overnight, expected to last until midnight Thursday (7 November 2019), the Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the Middle Aire Catchment which includes Holbeck, Hunslet and Stourton: Flooding is possible – be prepared River levels are rising steadily in response to persistent rainfall. Consequently, flooding
A packed meeting of Hunslet RLFC fans at South Leeds Stadium on Monday (4 November 2019) has backed plans for the club to move towards a new ownership structure. Hunslet has been run as a supporters-owned club since 2012, but a number of Board members have decided to stand down
This Sunday (10 November 2019) is Remembrance Sunday and it will be marked by events across South Leeds. Following last year’s marking of 100 years since the end of the First World War, the service at Holbeck Cemetry (Beeston Road) will feature over 4,000 knitted and crocheted poppies that have
Year 11 history students at Cockburn John Charles Academy recently got the chance to meet holocaust survivor Dr Iby Knill BEM. They heard her inspirational story of surviving persecution, of her time in the Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz and how she rebuilt her life in England after World War 2
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 28 October 2019: Four non-illuminated signs and vinyls to doors and windows Sweet Street And Manor Road Holbeck Leeds
Rumours that the tower and spire of St Mary’s church in Hunslet might be demolished have been firmly scotched by the Church of England and Leeds City Councillors at a meeting last week (24 October 2019). The spire, visible from many parts of South Leeds, dates from 1864 and is
The Leeds Parish Church (now the Minster) football (rugby league) team was formed around 1874-79 as part of the church recreation section, an attempt to bring the Muscular Christianity movement to the working class of Leeds. The association was a philosophical group that originated in England in the mid-19th century,
With heavy rain continuing this morning, the Environment Agency issued a flood alert for the Middle River Aire Catchment area, which includes Holbeck, Hunslet and Stourton, at 6:28am this morning (Saturday 26 October 2019). The River Aire at Crown Point Bridge had risen to 1.34m at 5:30am: high, but still
Residents and dignitaries this week (Monday 21 October 2019) gathered to officially mark the reopening of the Hunslet Community Hub and Library. 50+ people gathered in the former library, on Waterloo Road, down the side of the Penny Hill Centre – which was given a £600,000 makeover earlier this year.
Last month (September 2019) saw the installation of new perimeter fencing at the St Peter’s Court sheltered accommodation in Beeston, and residents are delighted by the prospect of greater security for their development. Residents and staff at the accommodation – at the northern end of Dewsbury Road, overlooking Hunslet Moor