What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Vastint UK, the developer behind 24-acre mixed-use development Aire Park, has announced that Tesco is the first retailer to open on the ground floor of its first commercial buildings, 1 & 3 South Brook Street. The new Express store opened on 19 August and the retailer occupies a 3,488 sq
Leeds Green Party councillors will tomorrow (Wednesday 10 September 2025) call on the City Council to take steps to beautify mini roundabouts across the city. The past month has seen a national surge in interest in mini roundabouts, with DIY paintings of the St George flag appearing in hundreds of
This year the Heritage Open Days Festival, England’s largest festival of history and culture, has chosen the theme of Architecture, and events in South Leeds offer insights into religion, industry, sport and entertainment. Leeds Civic Trust has worked with organisations across the city to put on over 100 events for
Hunslet RLFC 6-46 Sheffield Eagles Hunslet suffered yet another home defeat at the South Leeds Stadium yesterday (7 September 2025), this time at the hands of second to bottom Sheffield Eagles. The Parksiders have one last chance next Saturday against Toulouse to win a home game and halt a grisly
Jamyang Buddhist Centre in Holbeck has been spruced up thanks to the help of a group of Amazon employees. The ground floor of the centre, which serves the whole community, has been redecorated over three days by teams of ten volunteers. Their leader KG explained: “At Amazon we have an
Boxers who train with Tristan Haynes at his Beeston gym are hopeful that 13 will prove a lucky number as they compete on Haynes Promotions 13 at The Angler’s in Burmantofts next Saturday (13 September 2025). These included Kieran MacMillan who turns 18 on the day. Rodillian Academy sixth-former MacMillan
We all commemorated both VE Day and VJ day. Older family members told me that for them the most significant was VE as they could go about their daily lives without the fear of being killed by enemy bombing. Black-out curtains came down and streetlights came on. Trams and buses
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I spotted Christmas cards on sale a whole week before the last summer Bank Holiday. It seems to happen earlier every year. As if we’re in such a rush to move on that we forget to enjoy where we are. Why aren’t we savouring
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 1 September 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Consent, agreement or approval required by
Hunslet Mills are of considerable architectural and landscape value, the seven-storey twenty-five bay mill building which dominates the skyline of South Leeds and forms the major block of an eight acre flax spinning mill. It is a structure that is very important not only in landscape terms, but also for