What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council has joined forces with the Rhinos Foundation as part of a campaign to encourage people to check-in with their mates and help normalise conversations around mental health and suicide, particularly among men. The two organisations are promoting the West Yorkshire ‘Check in With Your Mate’ campaign across
Once again we are offering free* tickets to shows at Leeds Playhouse this autumn. What’s the catch? Well in return for two free tickets to the press night, we ask you to provide us with a review of the show. Don’t worry if you’ve never written a review before, we’ll
I really didn’t want to start my first column of the autumn writing about machetes and zombie knives, but I feel I must. I’ve been campaigning for some time along with others, including the police, for the Government to take much more effective action to ban their sale and possession.
I am Mark Lund, your new Police Inspector for South Leeds. Firstly, I would like to tell you a little about myself. I have been a police officer for 21 years. All of my service has been in the Leeds district working a variety of front-line roles. I was promoted
With its theme of creativity unwrapped, it’s no surprise that South Leeds has lots to offer as part of this year’s Heritage Open Days Festival. Leeds Civic Trust has worked with organisations across the city to put on over 100 events for the festival which runs from 8-17 September 2023.
Everyone in the Cockburn School community, joined by members of Kyle Asquith’s family and over 20 of his school friends, paid tribute in late July to Kyle and celebrated 10 years of the charity. Kyle, a Cockburn School student, died tragically from a brain haemorrhage in 2013 when he was
Jimmy Watson, who is enjoying his benefit year with Hunslet RLFC, was hailed as the Geoff Gunney MBE Clubman of the Year at the Betfred League 1 promotion aspirants’ presentation night, which also doubled as the long-serving fullback’s testimonial dinner. A packed house enjoyed a litany of insights by legendary
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. We start in Middleton Park on Saturday morning at 9am, where Middleton Woods parkrun celebrates its 200th event. parkrun is a free,
First Bus, Yorkshire Buses and Arriva have announced changes to various bus timetables which will come into effect from Sunday (3 September 2023): 2 Middleton • Leeds • Roundhay Park Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will be slightly increased. Most journeys will be retimed to improve punctuality. 3 3A White
Local South Leeds business Instaplanta (Yorkshire) Ltd has reached a settlement with Leeds City Council in their dispute alleging unfair competition by the local authority. As we reported in June, the Council was denied a ‘Security of Costs’ order in the case at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, where Instaplanta were