What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Another fantastic Saturday afternoon in South Leeds with Holbeck Gala on Saturday (5 July 2025). Everything for the kids was either free or a couple were a pound. Great food stalls as well as a really good variety of local crafts and businesses, even the big bike fix was there
Pensioner Kathi Rakhshan has completed another high flying wing walk to raise money for Middleton Park Equestrian Centre (MPEC) riding for the disabled. Kathi is 72 and has had two hip replacements, but has always been an adventurous type. Suffering from arthritis put a brake on her adventures, but in
Members of Brave Words pay-what-you-can youth theatres in Beeston, Seacroft, and Meanwood are preparing to take their latest theatrical adventure to Leeds Playhouse! The year is 2090, and everything from work and education to diet and exercise is automated by one single app: ICU. ICU tracks everyone, with one supposed
Delayed plans for an 18-storey block of flats are expected to go ahead after the developer agreed to include discounted rents. Leeds City Council deferred granting planning permission for the development of 164 apartments on Sayner Lane in the Riverside area of Hunslet. In May, a plans panel asked for design
Friends of Middleton Park welcome back Oddsocks Theatre Company for a night of Shakespeare in the park on Tuesday (8 July 2025). If you think that sounds a bit heavy for a Tuesday night, you clearly haven’t seen Oddsocks before. The company perform Shakespeare with a twist of pantomime and
Bradford Bulls 34-0 Hunslet RLFC After a turbulent two weeks at the South Leeds Stadium, Hunslet showed a bit of grit and determination against Bradford Bulls at Odsal last night (4 July 2025). Consecutive home defeats by 0-58 and 6-72 meant the trip to Bradford was a daunting task, with
The Friends of Cross Flatts Park have announced this year’s programme for ‘Bands in the Park’ free Sunday afternoon concerts, including the annual dog show. Sunday 6 July: Sophie & Alex Heartstrings play mellow indie pop. Sunday 13 July: ‘Swing O’Things’ playing old time classic swing tunes. Sunday 20 July:
A man who raped and sexually abused three young girls over a period of two decades has been jailed. Sydney Burdon, aged 65, of Throstle Hill, Middleton was charged with nine counts of sexual offending against three girls aged between nine and 16-years-old. Burdon was arrested in January 2021 after
