What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
I have Dementia and it’s getting worse each year. This maybe my last fundraiser, as my health is not too good. I have no idea what the future holds, but with the help of friends, and also friends and staff at Gascoigne House, where I now live, I will be
For the second year running, Hunslet RLFC will donate a shirt to the winner of a special competition at The Great Middleton Park Show which takes place on 14 September 2025. Year 4 children, aged 8 to 9 years, invited from local schools, are competing to win the Handwriting Competition.
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 June 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Change of use from E to
A new report has set out the impressive results being achieved by Leeds’s Council Housing Growth Programme (CHGP) – and the plans that mean the city is perfectly placed to keep building on that success. Middleton has already benefited with a large development on the site formerly occupied by Throstle
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (15 June 2025) exploring the history of railways in the park. Events across the country celebrate 200 years of the Stockton & Darlington Railway this year. While Locomotion was making its debut, steam locos
Pupils from Years 5 and 6 at Middleton Primary School swapped their classrooms for the great outdoors last week during a special Forest School intervention designed to build confidence, teamwork, and a love for nature. Held in the school’s woodland area, the sessions included a range of hands-on activities that
Students at Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy and Cockburn School recently worked in collaboration to create a drama showcase using physical theatre techniques. The students captivated audiences with their powerful stage adaptations performed across both school venues. Bringing literature to life is no easy task but the Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy
Leeds residents are being reminded about the dangers of binning batteries and hot ash from barbeques after three separate incidents in refuse collection vehicles in the last week. A waste crews was carrying out collections in Staith Gardens and Town Street, Middleton when smoke started emerging from the back of
The Middleton Railway has been donated a historic working model of its very first steam locomotive, ‘Salamanca’. It was built in 1939 by a Mr H Murray and last worked, we believe, in 1960. Stored for many years, his relatives originally offered the model to Leeds Industrial Museum, but as
The Neighbourhood Policing Team have been continuing their work under the Vision Zero initiative to make the roads safer in Belle Isle and Middleton. As well as supporting investigations into the recent death of a pedestrian in a fatal road traffic collision, they have been carrying out patrols in the area.