What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
It takes a special event to bring together and engage both children and adults alike, but Unleashed Events achieved this flawlessly this weekend (20 October 2019) with their second South Leeds based Comic-Con in the Marriott Hotel on Boar Lane. Unleashed Events have been touring for five years bringing Comic-Con
Cllr Kim Groves, Chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Transport Committee joined passengers to welcome back the first AccessBus to undergo emission-reducing retro-engineering and receive a fresh new livery. As a result of a successful bid to the government’s Clean Bus Technology Fund, the Combined Authority’s fleet of 33
Techies looking to advance their careers are invited to sign up free of charge to attend Leeds Digital Job Fair 5.0 on Thursday (24 October 2019) at the First Direct Arena, with doors opening at 3:30pm. Automotive industry experts cap hpi top the list of almost 50 employers who will
Parents, carers and guardians – do you know for sure who your child is with? Do you know the places they visit or frequent? What are they doing? If the answer is ‘no’ then help us to help keep children safe from the misery of exploitation – especially through county
We went along to see Little Shop of Horrors at The Carriageworks on Friday night. This was a coproduction by Bite My Thumb, Gravitas Entertainment and Cutting Edge Theatre and was directed by Neil Knipe. Little Shop of Horrors has been wowing theatre goers for over 30 years, though I
Welcoming in the new with the old, the box fresh Playhouse takes us back to the past with My Beautiful Laundrette. The audience took to their seats amongst bubbling sounds reminiscent of the opening of the 1985 film. This was gradually complemented by the “bovver” boys of the cast stomping
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 at southleedslife.com/events Cottingley In Bloom will be holding their annual Apple Day event at the Community Centre on Saturday (19 October 2019). Join
This week has seen another major upsurge of violence in the Middle East, with the heavily-armed Turkish army launching a major invasion into the Kurdish-held lands in northern Syria. South Leeds Life met with Kurdish south Leeds resident Rebwar Sharazure, a local business owner and community leader, to hear his
Local heroes from across Leeds have been honoured at the White Rose Shopping Centre Community Awards today (17 October 2019). The awards, now in their eighth year, celebrate people and organisations doing amazing work to benefit their local community. This year’s winners include: Frances Jones, Treasurer and Trustee of the
With Christmas looming many households will be concerned about the costs and how they will manage to pay for everything this year. Help is at hand to stop Santa bringing debt this Christmas as Dewsbury Road Community Hub are staging an information drop in session on Tuesday afternoon (22 October