What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Wellspring Academy Trust, which operates two schools in South Leeds, has been shortlisted for three prestigious awards at the inaugural Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) Excellence Awards. These new awards recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement in education in England. Wellspring has been recognised for its work in three categories; MAT of the
Hunslet Rugby League club will break what is thought to be new ground for the sport when, on Sunday 2 July, an Employability Motivation Course will be held at the South Leeds Stadium. The course, which will take place from 10am-1pm on the day of the Parksiders’ attractive Betfred League
Police are appealing for witnesses after a pedestrian was seriously injured in a collision in the Holbeck area of Leeds on Saturday (20 May 2023). The collision happened at around 8.10pm in parkland area off Holbeck Moor Road and involved an orange Yamaha moped and a pedestrian. Both the pedestrian
Hunslet RLFC 22-18 Workington Town Hunslet’s Man of the Match Steve Crossley put it best when he said Hunslet “won ugly” against former Championship side Workington Town in the sun at the South Leeds Stadium today (21 May 2023). It was a real nail biter and had Workington’s Sean Sabutey
The Friends of Middleton Park have unveiled their summer programme of events for 2023 and as usual it includes live music, dance, history walks, some Shakespeare and the Great Middleton Park Show. Live music includes the Corpus Christi Band (4 June), Phoenix Brass Band (2 July), Wakefield Big Band (3
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 15 May 2023: Determination for 5G H3G 15m street pole, additional equipment cabinets and associated ancillary works Sussex
Yet another new exhibition opens at BasementArtsProject on Thursday 1st June at 5:30pm All welcome, just turn up
A sexual predator who put a noose around a woman’s neck and dragged her away before sexually assaulted her in an incident in Holbeck has been sentenced to 12 years. Officers from West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team launched an investigation that tracked down Ben Creek following the
Ahead of the three-day Spring bank holiday weekend (Saturday 27 – Monday 29 May 2023) the NHS in Leeds is reminding people to check they have enough medication and to order repeat prescriptions in plenty of time. Although several pharmacy and GP services will be available over the bank holidays,
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 this week in Hunslet at the Leeds College of Building which is holding an Open Day on Saturday, 10am-1pm. Take