What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hunslet RLFC suffered their first defeat of the League 1 campaign against a tough Whitehaven team 16-12 at the Recreation Ground on Sunday afternoon (7 April 2019). The trip to Cumbria was never going to be easy as Haven started the day just two points behind Hunslet, and so it
Julie Parkinson is a self-taught artist, currently in her final year of study for BA Hons Art Enterprise at Leeds City College. Parkinson’s practice has both a functional aspect creating dinner sets, glassware, vases etcetera . . . whilst also creating large scale interactive installations based around themes of mental
After many years of working as a senior professional in the field of information science, Paul Walsh became frustrated by a job which he perceived to “produce nothing”. From this frustration came a period quite literally in the wilderness working as an environmental conservationist before finally returning indoors, and into
Local residents and community groups worked together this last Thursday (4 April 2019) to clear up the ginnels and area around Lady Pit Lane allotments in Beeston Hill. They collected around 20 bags worth of litter, making an immediate positive impact on the look and feel of the area. The
The twists and turns of Brexit have been well-documented, but for now life continues as normal for local EU nationals from countries including Poland, Portugal, Romania, Greece, Latvia and Lithuania who call South Leeds home. The sight of European shops, restaurants, butchers and salons contributing to the daily hum of
The Hunslet community came out in force to remember Shane Telford – a hugely popular local man, and long-serving Hunslet Club volunteer – at a packed event at St Joseph’s Club last Friday (29 March 2019). As previously reported, Shane – also known as ‘Mr Hunslet’ – lost his short
The candidates for the 2019 Leeds City Council elections have been announced. We’ve published full lists of the candidates on separate pages for Beeston & Holbeck ward, Hunslet & Riverside ward and Middleton Park ward. After last year’s ‘all out’ election, we are back into the cycle of electing one
As soon as we entered the warehouse we were entering into the spirit of the production – a wrestling gym had been recreated, complete with ring and inspirational posters. Most of the action took place in the ring and the audience surrounded the stage just as they would at a
Sponsored content Being the best at losing wouldn’t normally help you scoop an award – but slimmers’ in South Leeds has done just that after being named the area’s ‘Greatest Loser’ 2019. Members of Slimming Worlds South Leeds groups have lost a life changing 122 stones, 5.5 pounds between them
A Leeds GP has put together a short video offering advice to people with Type 2 diabetes who are gearing up for Ramadan which is expected to start on 5 May*. Dr Mohammed (Mo) Sattar, a GP at Woodhouse Medical Practice, has been working with Leeds GP Confederation to run