What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Over 1,100 youngsters from right across the north of England converged on Middleton last weekend (2-3 August 2025) for a rugby league youth tournament. The event was organised by Hunslet Rugby Foundation (HRF) and held at Nutty Slack, the home of Leeds Corinthians RUFC. As well as the rugby, there
Doncaster RLFC 34-24 Hunslet RLFC After a disastrous first 16 minutes at the Eco-power Stadium, Doncaster yesterday (3 August 2025) Hunslet showed they have enough fight in them to chalk up a couple more victories this season. The Parksiders trailed 22-0 and it looked like we were in for a
Nurseries in Hunslet and Holbeck will remain under local authority control after Leeds City Council failed to find suitable new providers. 12 Little Owls nurseries were put under a cost-saving review by the council, including four which were considered for take-over by schools. But three of the schools were unable
Please join us on Wednesday (6 August 2025) for a fun outdoor event for young families to play, get creative and try new things. The event takes place from 1:30pm and is delivered by Hunslet & Belle Isle Community Project and is kindly funded by Get Set Leeds Local as
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 28 July 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Change of use from a vehicle
With plenty of sunny days ahead for the remainder of summer there’s no time like the present to visit The Canary, a vibrant waterside bar based in Leeds Dock, for a well-deserved happy hour tipple. Every Sunday to Friday between 4pm and 7pm the kitchen, bar and live sport venue
A new pub can open after concerns that customer noise would disrupt TV news broadcasts were resolved. Brewery Wharf Tavern applied for a premises licence to serve drinks at a riverside site also occupied by Channel 4 News. The pub wanted to serve until 2am, Monday to Saturday and midnight on
A fascinating archive of historic treasures charting centuries of the city’s industrial heritage has been revealed during a painstaking cataloguing project at a Leeds museum. Kittens driving cranes, beautiful vintage Christmas cards and an image of a Leeds branch of the Home Guard are among the remarkable array of objects
Ancient Rome comes to Leeds with a summer of activities, screenings, talks and a free Roman Festival at the Royal Armouries as the museum celebrates the original gladiators with a new internationally acclaimed exhibition, ‘Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum’, developed in collaboration with the Colosseum in Rome. Nat Edwards, Director
Leeds-based developer Barratt and David Wilson Homes Yorkshire West has announced its charity of the year as Zarach. The charity, which has its head office in Hunslet, has a mission to end child bed poverty across the UK, including for its beneficiaries in West Yorkshire. Zarach’s story started in 2017