What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Are you interested in keeping fit and active in older life? Why not join our Walking Group? It’s free and we go to various venues throughout Leeds. You’ll make new friends and enjoy the feeling of getting out and about! Walks take place every Monday 11am -4pm. We use our
Young people across South Leeds are being given a new place to get active, meet new people and try something new, with the launch of two exciting ACE Youth Zones. The new sessions, delivered through Health for All’s ACE (Active Clubs Experience) project, are creating welcoming spaces where young people
I was gritting my teeth, thinking, “But I’ve already told you this three times…” It’s so frustrating to be told you haven’t mentioned something before when you know fine well you have, and in this case, several times. The person in question had been distracted during our previous conversations. Scrolling
Last year, in September 2025, Tony Harrison died. He was born and grew up in Beeston in a working-class family. His father was a baker and his mother a ‘homemaker’. From an early age he was clever, being able to read before he went to school. He won a scholarship
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 31 August 2026. Click on the description to see the full application: Variation of condition 1 (approved plans)
The Mann Family of this article was started by William Mann and Elizabeth Mann (nee Stanniforth) and this was Williams’s second marriage. His first marriage to Elizabeth Hutchinson on 4 January 1849 at St George’s Church, Leeds, but unfortunately Elizabeth died on 14 July 1856. William’s second marriage to Elizabeth
The heatwaves in July and early August, with the sweltering temperatures and lack of rainfall, has left parks, lawns and farmland parched, brown and dry across South Leeds. Only now, after a few rainy days, is the grass beginning to show a hint of green again. Whilst the beautiful weather
The £30m expansion of a school for children with special needs is set to go ahead after planning permission was approved. Leeds City Council will expand Broomfield SILC (specialist inclusive learning centre) in Belle Isle with 100 extra places. The project will meet a growing need in the city to
While resolutions are traditionally made for New Year those wanting an exciting challenge for the new academic year could train as novice boxers or MMA fighters and enjoy eight weeks free coaching for the Ultra White-Collar Boxing (WCB) and Ultra MMA November shows. Belle Isle’s James Hurst, 31, heartily recommends
This just a quick post to explain that there won’t be much news on the South Leeds Life website for the next two week as the Editor is going to be away on holiday (again!). We have scheduled some posts to come out whilst he’s away and he’s promised to