What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Growing up in a city with a tramway network means that impressionable youngsters can be bitten by the tram bug! I was hooked before I was three, in 1940. It’s not uncommon. The French film maker Bernard Tavernier, of a similar age to me, in a newspaper interview told how
Students at the Cockburn John Charles Academy kicked off the last full day of a 400 mile bike relay as they set off this morning (2 July 2018) as part of the Schools Yorkshire Tour. They took the baton to St Phillip’s Primary School, visiting the new Urban Bike Park
Residents and their families have been concerned by the rapid change of ownership of the Copper Hill Care Home in Hunslet. The 180 bed care home was previously owned by BUPA, but was sold as part of a portfolio of 110 care homes to HC-One, now the biggest care home
Hunslet RLFC recorded their seventh win on the bounce in controversial style today (1 July 2018) at Queensway Stadium in Wrexham against North Wales Crusaders in Betfred League 1. With the clock winding down Cain Southernwood kicked a drop goal, which was given by the referee although many in the
After last year’s successful photographic exhibition, Cockburn John Charles Academy (formerly South Leeds Academy) is hosting a wider arts festival. Featuring Music, Arts, Dance and Drama, MADD Fest takes place on Thursday 5 July from 6:30-8pm. Organiser Miss Jessica Rape said: “Cockburn MAT is proud to announce it’s latest MADD Fest
Some objectors to the proposed Park & Ride scheme at Stourton have welcomed revised plans for the scheme. But Mary Spencer from the Stop Stourton Park & Ride campaign told South Leeds Life: “The fight goes on.” As we have previously reported, the campaign against the scheme focussed on the
St Joseph’s Club in Hunslet are this week (Friday 29 June 2018) hosting a Dolly Parton tribute and country music gig, to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Punters can expect country hits including Jolene, 9 to 5, Coat of Many Colours, and Joshua. Tickets are £5 (under 16s go
Hunslet RLFC 16-12 Oldham Hunslet RLFC left it while late again to secure a 6th victory on the bounce against a strong Oldham side at a boiling hot South Leeds Stadium today (24 June 2018). [slideshow_deploy id=’80318′] Photos by Paul Johnson Phoenix Photography Oldham’s unbeaten run had been building and
The Middleton Railway Trust has been shortlisted for a prestigious White Rose Award by Welcome To Yorkshire. From their base at Moor Road in Hunslet the world’s oldest working railway runs weekend services up to Middleton Park using vintage steam and diesel engines built in Hunslet. As well as the
The next phase of public consultation on Connecting Leeds, measures to help transform transport and travel in and around Leeds, starts this week. A series of public drop-in sessions are to begin this Saturday on proposals for the A61 South (Hunslet Road, Low Road) bus route to introduce new infrastructure