What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This play, originally written in 1901 by JM Barrie who famously also wrote the story Peter Pan was the inspiration behind the name of the very recognisable and popular chocolates Quality Street. The play begins within the walls of the local Halifax, then Mackintosh, now Nestlé factory with the actors
Audiences in neighbourhood venues across Leeds will be having a ball this summer when Leeds Playhouse takes Fidget Theatre’s ‘Football Freddie’ on a two-week Community Tour, kicking off on 5 June. Ten community venues, including Jamyang Buddhist Centre in Holbeck, the Hamara Centre in Beeston and Middleton Parochial Hall, will
Network Rail has announced that it is to carry out “vital vegetation management” work between May 2023 and March 2024 along the railway between Ardsley tunnel and Leeds on the Wakefield line and is holding two information events to explain the scope of the work. They say the number, size
Reed Smith announces Global Solutions relocation to Globe Point securing larger and sustainable office space in city Global law firm Reed Smith has announced that it will be moving Global Solutions Leeds (GSL) to Globe Point, a new office development in the Temple district of Holbeck, completed by longstanding client
Swarthmore Education Centre based at Woodhouse Square in Leeds is celebrating after being awarded £200,162 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. Swarthmore will use their funding to run a two year project called ‘Creative Communities’ in South Leeds, in
Nine young dancers from Leeds Dynamite’s TNT group have won Bronze medals at the World Dance Championships in America at the weekend (6 May 2023). As we reported here, they were competing in the All Star World Dance Championships at Universal Studios in Florida, USA. They were competing in the
Hunslet Rugby League club is setting in motion a repeat of their hugely successful Junior Summer Festival, which attracted teams from throughout the north of England when it debuted last year. A new venue is being organised for 2023, with Leeds Corinthians of Middleton set to host the event. The
M&S Leeds White Rose has unveiled plans for a stylish new Clothing department design, making it the first store in the North of England to feature the retailer’s new-look store layout. The 97,000 sq ft store, which opens on Thursday 25 May 2023, will offer local shoppers the latest collection
Two regular monthly Repair Cafés are opening their doors this month (May 2023) in South Leeds. The idea behind Repair Cafés, which started in Holland in 2009, is simply to bring together people with things that need fixing with volunteers who have the skills to fix them. There are now
A new partnership is helping pupils at Lane End Primary School in Holbeck take to their feet this National Walking Month. Lane End is one of 15 schools that National Highways and Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking, is working with to help encourage and enable pupils to