What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A range of events and activities are set to be held across Leeds this week as part of National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2021. From 11 October – 15 October, Leeds City Council will be joining forces with partners from across the city to highlight the importance of tackling hate
Laughter is the best medicine and living proof of that is Mark Wilson. Mark is a South Leeds resident whose life changed completely firstly at 21 and then at 40. “I was diagnosed with Charcot Marie Tooth at 21 and then Parkinson’s just after my 40th birthday” he explains. Symptoms
Bond certainly has a license to thrill on Screen X! Before I dive into this review, there may be mild spoilers, so if you haven’t set your Goldeneye on the latest instalment in the Bond saga perhaps come back to this article when you have. Let’s face it, there’s no
The second Leeds Festival of Kindness, Compassion and Wellbeing (aka Kinder Leeds) opens on Sunday 10 October at 7pm. It begins with ‘Transforming Society Through Compassion’ by Dr.Thupten Jinpa, official English translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. As well as having edited many of the Dalai Lama’s publications, Dr
For Black History Month, we asked Joe Williams from Heritage Corner to share what he had discovered about Black history in Holbeck. Delivering hidden history is a privilege and never static. Heritage Corner engages the public in Yorkshire’s local histories whilst sharing enthusiasm toward wider connections. The narratives of Leeds’
Cockburn School (Specialist Status in Performing Arts) offers unique opportunities in the Performing Arts for 2022 admissions. Cockburn School are delivering a new specialist programme for pupils who display a talent within the Performing Arts. The training supports a vast and varied curriculum with over 7 hours of additional coaching
For many of us there is an empty chair in our living room, an unfilled place at our table. Over the last 20 months many people have died, and often we’ve not been able to mark their death in the usual way. You may not have been able to go
Last month, a blue plaque was unveiled in memory of the Rev Don Robins. He was appointed vicar of St George’s Church in the heart of Leeds in 1930 at the time of the Great Depression. Looking around his new parish, he saw the homeless, the hungry and the destitute
It’s hard not to notice that the days are becoming shorter and the nights longer. The last barbecue of the summer has been eaten, the summer fairs are all but over and the Halloween, bonfire night and Christmas decorations are in the shops. For many, autumn is a magical time
After a delay in recieving them from the printers due to the lorry driver shortage, we have been distributing copies of the October newspaper to venues around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (Friday 1 October 2021). Copies are available from various food shops including Beeston Nisa, Middleton Asda and