What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hunslet RLFC played host to 120 children from local schools at Friday’s home game against Doncaster (14 June 2019). The youngsters took part in a Duathlon event jointly organised by the Hunslet Rugby Foundation, Active Leeds and Positive Futures. In wet and windy conditions the children ran one lap of
Councillors took the opportunity of the Inner South Community Committee to raise a host of issues with a senior officer from Leeds City Council’s Highways department at their meeting last Wednesday (12 June 2019). Poor communications from officers was a recurring theme in the discussion. Cllr Kim Groves complained that
Leeds students showed their bottle last week as they took part in an enterprise competition to create a brand new design for reusable water bottles – with the winning team’s design going on sale later this summer. On Friday (14 June 2019), four schools from the local area took part
Middleton Park Councillor Judith Blake led calls to address what she described as the “depressing” inequalities in the UK economy at the UK2070 Commission National Symposium on Thursday (13 June 2019). The Leeds City Council Leader is a member of the Commission of the independent inquiry, which was established last
The creation of a new Environmental Enforcement Officer and new measures to boost the local economy were among the proposals at the latest meeting of the Inner South Community Committee. All nine councillors representing the Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park wards attended the event held at
One in ten Leeds residents will be affected by diabetes – either because they have it already or are at high risk of developing it. Tens of thousands more know someone with the condition. Yet despite it becoming increasingly common, the condition can be hard to understand and difficult to
I’m writing this article to encourage us parents to take our children to Junior parkrun, it is a fabulous, free, event that happens every Sunday at 9am in Cross Flatts Park. It encourages children between the ages of 4 and 14 to be active by walking, jogging or running 2km
Kidz’n’Co is a group for children with Special Educational Needs and their families or carers and has been meeting since 2011 when the group was first established in Beeston. Now meeting at a new location in Cottingley the group is looking to encourage new members to attend and enjoy the
It might seem too good to be true, but this month sees the arrival in Beeston of a temporary ‘free shop’ – where locals will be able to pick up a range of second hand goods… without paying a penny! The ‘shop’ is part of the Leave Leeds Tidy scheme,
White Rose Shopping Centre celebrated World Environment Day on Wednesday (5 June 2019) with the launch of completely free electric vehicle charging points at the centre. The electric vehicle charging points – found in Car Park 5 – will now be free for centre visitors to use while visiting White