What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Featuring playful storytelling, original live music and friendly audience participation, ‘Robyn Hood’ is heading to venues in South Leeds next month. Following on from last summer’s successful tour of Football Freddie, Leeds Playhouse is partnering again with Leeds-based family theatre specialists Fidget Theatre to bring incredible entertainment to Holbeck and
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 13 May 2024. Click on the description to see the full application: Partial demolition, refurbishment, extensions and change
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk on Sunday (19 May 2021) looking at the history of Beeston Wood, the northern section of Middletron Park. “Unfortunately you can’t get from Leeds to Middleton by tram through the woods any more” explained Jim Jackson, one of the
Dancers from Dynamite Leeds, the Middleton-based dance outfit, have returned from the USA having covered themselves in glory. The group spent two weeks in Orlando, Florida competing over two weekends at two huge World Championship competitions. At the Allstar World Championships, both the open age (16+) Leeds Dynamite Bomb Squad
Leeds bare knuckle boxer Mark Holmes travels to Stoke on Trent next Saturday (18 May 2024) to compete for the title of European champion in the city’s Bad to the Bone promotion. “It’s just two months since I lost my mother following a short illness” said Holmes. “I felt bereft.
Saturday (4 May 2024) marked Middleton Woods Parkrun’s sixth birthday from Event 1 and what a diverse 6 years we have had. The last 6 years have seen us welcome 6,632 athletes to our course, and 18,923 parkruns have been completed. There are a lot of people to thank, from
Easter was an extremely busy period at Middleton Primary School. Every class in school had an afternoon visit to Middleton Baptist Church, where Alison Wain and her team taught the children of the Christian Easter Story through song, games and crafts. Back in school, they raised lots of money for
I spoke to two Health Care Assistants at my monthly News Café. Abbey and Rebecca. The Café is held on the first Thursday of every month at Gascoigne House. See what they had to say about the joys of working at the new Gascoigne House Extra Care complex in Middleton.
In a heartening initiative aimed at supporting the well-being and education of its students, Sharp Lane Primary School has forged a partnership with NGC Networks, part of the Cloud Clevr Group, and the Greggs Foundation to provide free breakfasts for children. The collaboration comes at a crucial time when child
The Friends of Middleton Park have unveiled their summer programme of events for 2024 and as usual it includes live music, dance, history walks, some Shakespeare and the Great Middleton Park Show. It starts this weekend with Bluebell Walks. FoMP volunteers will meet Middleton Railway passengers at Park Halt at