What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds College of Building is celebrating after being named in the RateMyApprenticeship Best 50 Training Providers Table 2023-2024. The College ranked 14th place, up from 17th position in 2022. Leeds College of Building is the top-ranking Further Education college in the north of England and the only college in Yorkshire to make the
Rain couldn’t dampen the spirits or keep the crowds away on Friday 14 July 2023 as Greenmount Primary School celebrated their Culture on the Doorstep project. In the hall amazing maps were on display along with photographs of important places; a poem about the area was read aloud by children
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 July 2023. Click on the description to see the full application: Partial demolition of existing buildings; Extensions
In the 1960’s Mr. Holmes, one of the teachers at Middleton Church of England Junior School (St Mary’s, Town Street) organised a school summer camp week at Middleham in North Yorkshire. The children went on a Friday and the parents came on a Sunday to join in games and football.
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. This week we start with a double header family show in Holbeck. The Lovely Boys present a Family Friendly Comedy Spectacular, featuring
Officers from the Major Collision Enquiry Team are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in the early hours of this morning (21 July 2023). The collision occurred shortly before 12:40am in Dewsbury Road, Beeston when a white Renault Kangoo and a blue Nissan Micra, both traveling west
Middleton Woods Parkrun Early last Saturday (15 July 2023) I made my way to Middleton Woods parkrun, on a very rainy morning. Josh, the Run Director, and another volunteer were putting arrows around around the route and the Middleton Woods parkrun banner. All the runners pass the banner and I
CITU’s Climate Innovation District is the place to be this summer with its newly landscaped summer gardens in full bloom and Piglove by the River, one of Leeds’s most popular pop-up beer gardens, re-opening with a new indoor space ready to welcome even more visitors to this oasis of calm
Two organisations working in South Leeds have been named among the top 100 social enterprises in the UK, in this year’s NatWest SE100 Index. Revive Leeds and Community Wood Recycling are on the list which recognises their social impact, sustainability and ability to innovate as well as their commitment to
UPDATED: Lesley firth has been found safe and well Police are appealing for information to locate a missing man in Leeds. Lesley Firth, 62, was last seen in the Hunslet area walking towards Belle Isle Circus earlier today (20 July 2023). He is described as white male, 6ft of medium