What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
People in Action, a Leeds-based charity, has been running its Changing Lives Clubs for over a decade. There is a club in Beeston and 5 more around Leeds, for local learning disabled and autistic people to come along, spend time with friends and make new ones, while trying new activities.
The Hunslet Club is asking the South Leeds community to have a look at home for any football or rugby boots that are still in good condition but are no longer being used. These old boots could give another young person their chance to play. At The Hunslet Club, sport
A community protest swim will took place at Leeds Dock yesterday (25 August 2026). Swimmers and supporters are calling for the reinstatement of the site’s open water swimming licence, the return of a safe swimming space in Leeds, and the creation of more accessible blue-space swimming areas across the city.
A historic cricket club is set to get upgraded facilities after plans were agreed with the city council. Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club sought planning permission to build a new clubhouse at its ground on Gipsy Lane in Beeston. New changing rooms and car parking are also planned for the site after
We may have finally come to the end of a long hot summer in Leeds, but the No Leeds Datacentre campaign is still generating its fair share of heat. A group of 170 Leeds residents gathered national attention as they opposed Microsoft’s plans to construct three hyperscale data centre buildings
Three young City of Leeds divers are swapping springboards for walking boots as they take on Ingleborough, the highest peak in Yorkshire, to raise £3,000 for vital training equipment. Ryan, Paige and Zack, who each train four days a week with City of Leeds Diving Club based at the John
Hunslet RLFC 28-18 Rochdale Hornets Jimmy Watson bowed out after 14 Seasons with Hunslet yesterday at the South Leeds Stadium (23 August 2026) scoring a try as Hunslet finished the year on a high against a dogged Rochdale Hornets side. Watson has been popular amongst Hunslet fans over the last
Grade II listed site on the canal at Stourton, closed since 2024, begins a 12-month community restoration with the public invited to shape what it becomes Thwaite Mills, one of the best-preserved working watermills in Britain, has been taken over by four new owners who will restore it and reopen
Five men and a woman have been arrested in a series of raids at addresses in Leeds last Tuesday (18 August 2026) as part of an investigation into the organised theft of cargo from heavy goods vehicles nationally. The operation, led by officers from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 17 August 2026. Click on the description to see the full application: Listed building application for change of