What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Last week a local charity that helps parents and family members who have suffered the bereavement of a baby or child was broken into and £2,000 worth of toys and equipment was stolen. The response of the South Leeds community has been fantastic in coming to the support of Charlies-Angel-Centre
If you go down to Leeds Library this Christmas you’re in for a big surprise. If you go down to Leeds Library this weekend you’ll never believe your eyes! Behind the shelves of books you’ll find that Wrongsemble have returned after last year’s successful ‘The Princess and the Sprout’ pantomime,
The South Leeds running community put on quite a show with the second annual Bah Humbug 10k trail race on Sunday (8 December 2019). The sell out event saw 600 runners from across Leeds and beyond tackle tough and at times slippery course on trails through Middleton Park, with the
Festive bin collection dates in Leeds are set to change over the Christmas and New Year period. Bin collections will continue as usual up until and including Saturday 21 December 2019. For the two weeks after that, Sunday 22 December 2019 and Sunday 5 January 2020, bins will be emptied
The concert room in The Holbeck club was packed on Monday 25 November 2019 for the launch of a campaign by Leeds Citizens called: South Bank For South Leeds. As the redevelopment of parts of Holbeck and Hunslet close the river kicks on and the city centre moves southwards into
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. The Holbeck Christmas Market is on Saturday, 11am-3pm at St Matthew’s Community Centre, there will lots of stalls, refreshments and we’ve heard
The Night Before Christmas is beautifully engaging from beginning to end! The show is performed by two amazing actors who transport you deep inside the storyline by constantly interacting with the audience. At some point they make you feel that the whole performance is made only for you. You can
New bus timetables come into force at the weekend (7-8 December 2019). For the most part they are minor changes to improve punctuality. Affected routes are: 2 / 3 / 3A 12 / 13 / 13A 51 /52 74 / 74A 75 A revised timetable will be introduced for the
As winter bugs and flu hit the city, health leaders are urging people to protect themselves by going back to basics. Apart from having a flu jab, good hand hygiene is the main way to prevent flu and other viruses such as the winter vomiting bug from spreading. Washing your
Kirkstall Forge, Leeds College of Building, O’Connor Utilities (OCU) and CityFibre have joined forces to support young apprentices through a 12-week fibre installation training scheme that will help build the city’s full fibre network. CityFibre, the UK’s leading alternative provider of wholesale full fibre infrastructure, and construction firm OCU have