What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start on Saturday at Little Angels Playzone at the Sugar Refinery in Beeston where Leeds Dads will be hosting a free
With the cost of living crisis forcing households to reduce their outgoings, Jodie, the Branch Coordinator at Leeds Credit Union, offers some advice on saving money on your energy bills by using less water. Much has already been written about rising energy bills and the impact this is having on
Cockburn John Charles Academy’s ‘transformation to excellence’ journey continues at great pace: rated good overall and outstanding in two areas by Ofsted The children of Cockburn John Charles Academy (formally The South Leeds Academy) had not, historically, received the education they deserve, and the community rightfully felt let down. Rated
Leeds City Council has announced that a relaxed mowing schedule will be rolled out across more areas in and around the city. Relaxed mowing has already been introduced alongside much of the highway network, for example, on parts of the Outer Ring Road and alongside other roads, typically where the
The Food Warehouse, part of the Iceland Foods Group, has opened a brand-new store at Crown Point Shopping Park in Hunslet, welcoming over 125 shoppers through its doors on the day of the opening (7 June 2022). The new store has also created 25 jobs within the local community. To celebrate the opening, The Food
For this month’s column, I want to talk to you initially about our recent response to the force’s knife crime awareness week, Operation Sceptre. Knife crime has a significant impact to victims, their families and the wider community, not just in terms of individual incidents, but also in terms of
The Leeds Pottery was the Hunslet’s answer to Josiah Wedgwood’s pottery factory at Burslem, Staffordshire, both of which exported to many parts of the world. Leeds Pottery, or Old Leeds Pottery, was one of a cluster of potteries that opened south of the River Aire in Hunslet and Holbeck in
In 2014, after three years of BasementArtsProject being a thing, I was visited by two London curators from an organisation called Sluice. They had contacted me via the email and asked if wouldn’t mind being interviewed for their project, touring grassroots and independent arts venues around the country. Of course,
Would you agree with me if I said bullying was wrong? To deliberately pick on someone, single them out, physically or mentally, or maybe both, because there’s something about them that you just don’t like, or understand? I think most people would agree that bullying is unkind, uncalled for and