What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Monday (23 January 2023) sees a new bus service for Hunslet, with the 29 bus – previously just linking Leeds Dock with the city centre and the universities – set to extend into Hunslet, and also further into north Leeds. As previously reported, the 29 bus was due to be
Alan ‘Killer’ Kilshaw’s first full season in charge at Hunslet RLFC saw a lean towards youth. With funds at a premium after the slashing of central funding, the club aimed at bringing through local talent. With big spenders Keighley and Swinton favourites for promotion (as came to pass) Hunslet hoped
The finalists have been announced for the 20th Annual Leeds Sports Awards to take place at New Dock Hall on Friday 17 March 2023. After a record level of nominations, 51 finalists have been chosen, with World, European and National Champions amongst those short-listed including Georgia Taylor-Brown MBE, Tom Pidcock
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 9 January 2023: Determination for 5G H3G 15m street pole, additional equipment cabinets and associated ancillary works Sussex
Hunslet RLFC, who are determined to expand their younger fanbase as what promises to be an exciting Betfred League 1 campaign draws closer, have established a partnership with Tricel Leeds – a local distributor of composite materials – to help ensure that the ambition becomes reality. The south Leeds outfit,
The Hunslet Youth Club is working hard to provide more opportunities to young people in the South Leeds community by hosting an open night for their youth volunteering programme on Wednesday 18 January 2023. Rowan Treagus, a youth worker at The Hunslet Club, is organising this event to support young
As we start the New Year, Hunslet Foundation’s General Manager Michael Nuttall can reflect on what has been another hugely satisfactory twelve months of Rugby League development work in south Leeds. A real highlight was the inaugural Community Clubs Summer Festival, which took place at Hunslet Warriors and which attracted
Chris Tunningley has been appointed as Leeds College of Building Assistant Principal for Adult Learning and Higher Education. Chris, formerly the Head of University Centre for Architecture, Engineering & Construction at Leeds College of Building, succeeds retiring Assistant Principal Brian Duffy. Speaking of his appointment, Chris said: “I am thrilled to start
A black widow spider found inside a box of supermarket grapes is among the hair-raising discoveries safely stored in Leeds’s hidden danger room. The highly venomous arachnid is one of hundreds of specimens secured inside the unassuming Store 2 at Leeds Discovery Centre, on Carlisle Road in Hunslet, home to
Councillors Paul Wray and Mohammed Iqbal (Labour, Hunslet and Riverside) have welcomed the news that the Hunslet Public Realm Improvement Project has now secured £150,000 from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The project, a long-term ambition of theirs and their former Labour colleague, Honourary Alderwomen Elizabeth Nash, aims to improve