Category: Hunslet

News and events for the Hunslet area

Painting students fix up farm with volunteer makeover

A group of Leeds College of Building students brushed up on their skills after volunteering to redecorate facilities at Herd Farm Residential and Activity Centre. Painting & Decorating and Multi-Skills students from the College spent several weeks on site, prepping walls and woodwork before painting two office rooms, a reception

The Hunslet Club wins Club of the Year at sports awards

The Hunslet Club is thrilled to announce that it has been named Community Club of the Year 2024 at The Leeds Sports Awards. This prestigious award recognises The Club’s outstanding contributions to the local community and its commitment to promoting sports, health, and well-being among people of all ages but

Parents fight to stop Hunslet nursery closures

Parents, carers and children held a small but lively demonstration in Hunslet on Saturday (4 May 2024) protesting about the threatened closure of two council-run Little Owls nurseries. The group marched from Hunslet Rylestone nursery of Whitfield Avenue to Hunslet St Mary’s nursery located at Hunslet St Mary’s Primary School

On The Beat: Hunslet & Riverside

with Sergeant Danny Wilson I joined West Yorkshire Police in May 2004 at the advanced age of 30, initially stationed at Millgarth on the City Neighbourhood policing team. I transferred to City and Holbeck Division patrol where I spent over half of my career answering calls and proactively policing South