What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
As part of National Road Safety week pupils at Sharp Lane Primary school are taking part in a competition to design posters to raise awareness of the new 20mph scheme outside their school. Pupils from the school have been invited to submit their designs to the school travel team with
Community Education Awards 2012 Winners The Green Schools Sustainability Project Award Winner: Middleton St Mary’s C of E Primary School Our school has won the above national award for all the amazing work we have done in our Woodlands Community garden. The children, staff and parents are incredibly proud and
The Hunslet Club and Hunslet Parkside ARLFC are today launching their new rugby academy with former member and Rugby Union World Cup Winner and England Captain, Jason Robinson. The Hunslet Club & Parkside Rugby Academy is a new partnership between two clubs with long and proud histories in the sport, working
Campaigners Sally Cieslik and Philip Gleason are part of the SPLASH group fighting to get South Leeds Sports Centre in Beeston reopened. Here, they write about their struggle. Saving our sports centre has become akin to an olympic sport in itself.. in fact rather like running an endless marathon. Funny
The Council’s Inner South Area Committee will be meeting on Wednesday 21st November at Leeds Civic Hall starting at 6:30pm. The Committee is made up of the nine Councillors that represent Beeston & Holbeck, City & Hunslet and Middleton Park wards, more details here. The Agenda will be: Appeals Against
In week two of our South Leeds Life Community Correspondents course we learned how to take photos to accompany articles and then went to Leeds City Museum to put what we had learned into practice. There are a lot of interesting exhibits about the history of Leeds and I was particularly interested in the
Last Tuesday, we had a visit to the museum in the centre of Leeds. The building started as The Mechanics Institute, then it was known as The Civic Theatre. When it opened as the City Museum, I went to see what it was like, and enjoyed it. The trip with
Ambitious plans for what could be the largest free school in the country have been revealed. The Leeds Academy, which would be located in “city centre south”, is expected to cost around £17million and could be a catalyst for the regeneration of the area between the River Aire and the
The Hunslet Club would like to say a big well done to three under 13 year old footballers Cameron Hardy and twins Ryan and Kieron Brelsford. These three lads were on their way to evening training when an elderly lady collapsed on the pavement in front of them. They called an
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