What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Police are appealing for information after an elderly woman was confronted by two men during an attempted robbery at her home. Shortly before 1am yesterday (Wednesday 25 February 2015), the 76-year-old victim was asleep on the sofa at her home in Balmoral Chase, Hunslet, when she was disturbed by a
A mistake riddled second half saw Hunslet Hawks lose their home opener in the Kingstone Press Championship on Sunday as Batley Bulldogs scored 18 unanswered points to register a 26-14 win at the South Leeds Stadium. Hunslet had named an unchanged side, Barry Eaton sticking with the same starting 13 who had
A mistake riddled second half saw Hunslet Hawks lose their opening home game of the Kingstone Press Championship season 14-26 on Sunday afternoon (22 February 2015). Full match report to follow.
Back in November we reported that posters, claiming that the City & Hunslet Councillors were “Missing”, had been stuck up overnight across Beeston Hill, and Hunslet. Beeston resident Ed Carlisle is today announcing that he was behind the posters and is standing against Patrick Davey in the May elections. Ed
Featherstone take the win in a hard fought season opener against the Hunslet Hawks at Belle Vue, with Sam Irwin winning man of the match following a strong second half from the home side. The 2015 season for the Hawks started in a rather strange venue with the Hawks facing
I had a fascinating chat with Mrs Lillian Turner (nee Sykes) last week. She had got in touch about the drinking fountain on Holbeck Moor, but we spent most of the time talking about her childhood growing up in Beeston and Hunslet. She was “born and bred in the middle
It is 75 years since The Hunslet Boys Club, as it was then, was set up. The club is planning a year of celebrations kicking off with a Review of the Year gala evening on Friday 24 April 2015. Andrea Edwards, the club’s Operations Manager said: “This will be a
Leeds City Council Inner South Community Committee uploaded a new video. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=851591178232259&pnref=story Kenny Saunders chair of the Hunslet Carr residents association explains what local people are trying to achieve through the Woodhouse Hill allotment project, which was supported by the Councillors at Community Committee tonight with a wellbeing grant of
People from a range of arts organisations gathered at The Tetley on Thursday (5 February 2015) to discuss how they could influence the redevelopment of the ‘South Bank’. The South Bank is the ex-industrial zone of Hunslet and Holbeck close to the river. As we revealed in our February newspaper,
They came through the doors of the Garden Gate pub in Hunslet in twos and threes, filling the corridor with cheeky banter and grabbing a spot in front of the open fire in the Hunslet Heritage room. They were here to celebrate the 95th birthday of Harry Jepson OBE in