What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Well known Supermarket chain, Asda, presented Middleton Railway with a cheque for £500 on Tuesday 26 February at their Middleton store. Along with two other local charities, Middleton Railway was part of Asda’s Green Token Scheme, whereby customers get tokens to place in one of three slots, each of which
It’s sixty years since the UK’s finest first-generation tram route closed. Elsewhere in the city few knew that it existed. In South Leeds in the ‘thirties, ‘forties and ‘fifties everybody knew it was there. They had nearly all been for a ride on it in one of the special trams,
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 4 March 2019: Listed Building Application to remove twelve bells and two peal boards from the church tower St
Hunslet RLFC saw off gutsy completion from West Bowling in the Challenge Cup at a windy South Leeds Stadium yesterday (9 March 2019) A minute’s silence was impeccably observed before the kick off for the legendary Peter Fox who sadly died last week. The Bradford amateurs struck first just two
Local charity SNAPS is launching a new football club on Sunday mornings for children with additional needs and their siblings but is in need of coaches to help run the sessions. Use of pitches for the new club has been kindly donated by The Hunslet Club and interest from families
Over 20 young musicians from Low Road Primary School in Hunslet are preparing to perform the world premiere of a new composition at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall this Sunday (10 March 2019) in a concert which will also feature the inspirational 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year Sheku Kanneh-Mason. The
A Leeds college is celebrating its latest figures indicating a boost in women moving into some fields of construction. According to the data, over the last 4 years Leeds College of Building has seen a 30% increase in the number of women studying technician courses including civil engineering and quantity
To mark National Apprenticeship Week 2019 (4 – 8 March), an international engineering association announced it is forming the first ever academic partnership agreement with a further education college in the UK. The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), which has 92,000 members globally, attended the Hunslet Campus of Leeds College
Acclaimed south Leeds charity SLATE last Friday (1 March 2019) held a grand opening to launch a new ‘Impact Centre’ at their Hunslet HQ. The centre – made up of a series of refurbished rooms within their HQ – will enable them to increase their programme of activities and pastoral
The Hunslet Rugby Foundation and Hunslet RLFC were delighted to host 60 pensioners at the game with West Wales Crusaders on Sunday (3 March 2019). Members from South Leeds Live at Home and the Ciaran Bingham Foundation Trust were treated to a buffet lunch in the Phoenix Bar before witnessing