What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A new type of technical school that equips South Leeds teenagers with the skills employers need is holding an open evening for prospective students next week. UTC Leeds, on Sayner Road, in Hunslet, (part of the Braime factory site) specialises in advanced engineering and recruits students from the age of
The Ruth Gorse Academy in Hunslet has been graded as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in an inspection report released today (25 September 2017). The school, which opened three years ago and moved to its new home on Black Bull Street near the Royal Armouries last September, was graded outstanding across all
Hunslet RLFC 32-12 London Skolars Hunslet RLFC rounded off a poor season with some sunshine as they won the League 1 Shield, a competition designed for the bottom 8 teams in League 1. [slideshow_deploy id=’67459′] Photos by Paul Johnson / Phoenix Photography The spectre of a fruitless season spurred Hunslet
National Conference League Challenge Trophy Final Saturday 23 September 2017, Fox’s Biscuit Stadium, Batley Hunslet Club Parkside 22 v 0 Wigan St Patricks Newly promoted Hunslet Club Parkside lifted the National Conference League Challenge Trophy with a brilliant victory against Premier Division opponents Wigan St Pats. The all-conquering south Leeds
Acclaimed national theatre company Red Ladder are this week (21 September – 1 October 2017) bringing their latest hard-hitting show to south Leeds. ‘Shed Crew’ – based on the autobiographical ‘Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew’ book – takes you on a trip back to 1990s Leeds, into a teenage
Following the success of last season’s inaugural “Hunslet Rookie” Hunslet RLFC have announced that they will be running another trial game this year. Once again they are looking to unearth the next big talent with a view to earning a contract and a place in our squad for the 2018
Consultation events are taking place next week in Belle Isle and Hunslet as Leeds City Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority reveal details of the planned Park & Ride scheme to be built by Junction 7 of the M621 at Stourton. As previously reported on South Leeds Life, the
Hunslet RLFC 18-12 London Skolars Hunslet RLFC won a tight contest today (17 September 2017) to secure home advantage in the Division 1 Shield against a buoyant London Skolars. Both teams were confirmed to play in the final, but the last league meeting of the year determined who would get
Sunday (17 September 2017) sees Hunslet RLFC take on the London Skolars for the first of two games that will determine destination of the League 1 Shield. Both clubs have already qualified for the League 1 shield final which will take place next week. London currently sit top of the
Hunslet Green, home of the Hunslet Warriors, is home to a new set of rugby posts thanks to sponsorship from Carling after their old ones rusted at the base and fell down. Nominated by volunteer club secretary Pat Benatmane, the new posts will help support its growing playing membership. As