What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Toxic waste fluid from the UK’s only functioning fracking site in Lancashire was (and quite possibly still is) being brought to a local Leeds waste treatment plant, and the residue later discharged into the south Leeds water system with only limited safety tests, campaigners have discovered. FCC Environment run a
As the school holidays draw to a close here are two family friendly events to round off your summer. Friday (30 August 2019) sees a family fun day on the playing field at Church Street, Hunslet from 12-4pm. The event promises youth activities, face painting, DJ, information stalls including the
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 weeks beginning 12 and 19 August 2019: Installation of two louvres with associated air conditioning equipment 2 Millennium Way Beeston Leeds
London Skolars 30-34 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet RLFC‘s push for the playoffs remains on course after they edged past London Skolars last night (23 August 2019) under the lights at New River Stadium. Kick off was delayed with the Hunslet coach stuck in bank holiday traffic, but it didn’t seem to
On-going work to convert a former Grade II and Grade II* Listed flax spinning mill in Hunslet into residential apartments has been applauded by Historic England. Laurie Magnus, Chair of Historic England and Trevor Mitchell, Regional Director (North East and Yorkshire) recently visited the site in Hunslet to review progress
The new Hunslet Community Hub and library design brings together the wonderful heritage of the building with a modern twist, offering an integrated service with much improved hours of opening and a new Customer Service option to assist the local community with Council enquiries, a new computer suite with self-
The annual ‘Leeds Running Day’ is back this Sunday (18 August 2019), with vintage buses and coaches offering free rides all day across south and central Leeds. The beautifully restored vehicles will circulate 10am to 5pm, between Thwaite Mills museum in Stourton, Middleton Railway in Hunslet, Leeds Industrial Museum in
Leeds Museums has over 1 million objects in its collections, far too many to have on permanent display. It keeps many of them in its state-of-the-art facility: the Leeds Discovery Centre on Carlisle Road in Hunslet. The centre is holding free discovery sessions with a different theme each week through
People are being asked for their views on plans for £6.5m of new cycling routes in Leeds, as part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme aimed at encouraging more people to travel by bike or on foot in partnership with Leeds City Council. In the south of the
Keighley Cougars 10-32 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet RLFC virtually guaranteed themselves a place in the Betfred League 1 Play-offs with a hard fought victory for the second season running at a wet and windy Cougar Park yesterday (Saturday 10 August 2019). The game was an angry affair with tempers frequently boiling