What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Families and kids in Hunslet are invited to a special summer fun-day this Thursday (24 August), hosted by the Hunslet Tenants and Residents Association (TARA). The free event will run 11am-3pm on Hunslet Recreation Ground, off Grove Road and Church Street, Hunslet LS10 2QT. It will feature face painting, games
The troubled OneSubsea engineering and manufacturing plant in Stourton, which employed 900 staff as recently as April of this year, looks set for full closure and demolition in the coming months. As previously reported, 620 staff were laid off earlier this year, out of a total of 900 – due
To book your child email: pthorpe@hunsletclub.org.uk
A unique tribute has been unveiled on Monday (7 August 2017) to a First World War soldier from Hunslet who was awarded a Victoria Cross (VC) for his outstanding courage under fire. As part of a special service, family members of Private William Boynton Butler were joined by city representatives
Eleven Artists are taking over The Tetley for a weekend of performance art; the grand finale of a week long intensive residency for artists from south Asia and the UK led by BODY WORKSHOP. All events and performances are FREE, all welcome. This year we’re filling our building with performances
The Summer Reading Challenge ‘Animal Agents’ has launched across all Leeds Libraries! Can you help the animal agents solve the clues and crack the codes? [slideshow_deploy id=’66410′] Visit the library three times and read six books this summer and collect fantastic prizes for reading. Smelly stickers and more! You can
43 year old Martin Smith has been taking a trip down memory lane having become a director of a property firm building new homes, near the street he grew up in as a child. Maple Homes is celebrating this month, having laid the first foundations for their new development in
Before it closed in 1988 the old Belle Isle Hotel was a hub for the community boasting its own rugby team. The building on Low Grange Crescent is now the Victoria House Residential Home, but former player Mick Hyde has organised a reunion night on Saturday (5 August 2017) at
An old stone sink sunk in the wild flower garden at the Sandon Mount allotment attracted frogs, which amazed the children and inspired the volunteers to create a wildlife pond and garden. The BUET team at Greencore Leeds wanted to get involved, so offered their services to dig out the pond in
Hunslet RLFC kick off the second half of their season on Sunday (30 July 2017) at South Leeds Stadium as they face Coventry Bears for the third time this season. Hunslet won both of the previous encounters, defeating the Bears 34-0 on 26 February in the Challenge Cup and 56-24