What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Watch It Together is a new, free lifestyle and activity programme for parents and children who would like support to help manage their weight. Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust are running a family based programme designed to help parents and children make healthy lifestyle changes. The sessions will run
A new-look leisure centre in south Leeds was officially unveiled on Monday following a £1m refurbishment funded by Leeds City Council, Sport England and the Football Foundation. The improvements to the facility include improved changing facilities, outdoor playing pitches and the provision of a brand new 3G artificial pitch
A series of fun, creative workshops for the whole family is coming to Middleton Library later this month. Run by Opera North in partnership with Middleton Library, these workshops will have a literacy theme, looking at the much-loved classic for children, Cautionary Verses by Hilaire Belloc. Workshops are designed for
Coroners are appealing for any relatives of a south Leeds man to get in contact. Keith Webster, 69, was found dead at his home address on Ring Road, Middleton, on Tuesday 24 September. There were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. Any relatives of Mr Webster are asked to contact
Premier League millionaires Manchester City are hosting a free coaching session in partnership with humble Middleton Park FC. A scout will also be present on two dates to assess local talent aged six to -11 year old, club secretary Wayne Dixon told South Leeds Life. The partnership forms one of
Are you interested in local history? Middleton has an incredibly rich heritage, from mining and railways in Middleton Park to boundary disputes with Beeston and, in the 1920s, the building of one of the Leeds’s first council estates. And now the Middleton Life local history group has launched its very
The council is warning litter louts that a range of council officers can and will enforce the law if caught dropping rubbish. The advice comes as a man from Middleton was prosecuted having failed to pay a fixed penalty notice for littering issued by a council dog warden. Having
I arrived at the show, expecting very heavy rain as forecast, but luckily there was only a drizzle all afternoon although it was very windy. I was told lots more people turned up last year, but then it was a beautiful day. You can see from the photos in
South Leeds residents interested in taking advantage of free daily sport and fitness sessions can now sign up to take part. The pre-registration phase for Leeds City Council’s new sport and health pilot ‘Leeds Let’s Get Active’ has now started for anyone keen to take part in free sessions
As you may have gathered over the months, I have always been an advocate of people power. If you think something’s not right, get the community to do something about it or to put pressure on those with the power to change things. This begs the question: who does