What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hunslet Club Parkside suffered a cruel last-minute loss in the Conference Challenge Trophy cup final in Manchester last weekend (Saturday 8 October 2016) – but it was a gutsy performance from a club with a bright future ahead. Parkside – part of The Hunslet Club – came into the game
It was that greatest of sportsmen Mohammed Ali who coined the phrase “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Now two young women at The Hunslet Club are epitomising that saying. At age 11, Abby Briggs has already been boxing for six years. She has just spent the summer
Hunslet Carr Primary School cut the ribbon on their new allotment last Sunday (25 September 2016) and showed off the vegetables the children have been growing. [slideshow_deploy id=’53417′] Photos by Andrew Price and Jeremy Morton The impressive display included kale, courgettes, carrots,pumpkins and beetroot. Martin Lumb, Headteacher commented: “The allotment
Light Night Leeds returns to the city centre on Friday (7 October 2016) with both Leeds Dock and The Tetley art gallery in Hunslet taking part. Leeds Dock’s contribution to Light Night Leeds, ‘Light Water, Dark Sky’, is an immersive three-dimensional digital art installation standing at an impressive 7m x
Leeds developer Citu have submitted plans for 204 homes on a site between Clarence Road and the River Aire, close to The Royal Armouries museum in Hunslet. The planning application will be considered by the City Plans Panel on Thursday (6 October 2016). The plans are part of Citu’s attempt
A pre-application report is to be presented to the City Plans Panel on Thursday (6 October 2016) by Vastint, the property wing of IKEA, who own the former Tetley Brewery site in Hunslet. The site, along with the Kay’s site in Holbeck is one of the most important in the
The Hunslet Club held their first ever Messy Mile on Sunday 18 September 2016. Parents and children were encouraged to run the mile cousre together and share the fun of getting messy, covered with powder paints. It was a beautiful sunny day for the 70 participants who were raising funds
Hunslet Hawks have issued an open invitation to a celebration of the lives of two Hunslet legends. Harry Jepson OBE & Frank “Shanks” Watson. The event will take place on Wednesday 5 October 2016 at 12 noon in the Phoenix Lounge at South Leeds Stadium. It will be a Hunslet
Children living in Hunslet, Beeston and Holbeck have the chance to ride a bike for free following the launch of a new Yorkshire Bank Bike Library. The new library has opened at the Dewsbury Road One Stop Centre and will offer free bike loans for children and families. It follows the
Residents from the H2010 riverside development in Hunslet put their efforts into helping the clean up following the Boxing Day floods in Leeds. [slideshow_deploy id=’53235′] Storm Eva led to record river levels and a huge amount of debris was taken downstream by the fast flowing River Aire. Much of that