What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On 16 June 1873 St Peter’s School opened on the Dewsbury Road in Hunslet. This school has changed its name and been located on three different sites but now exists in the form of Hunslet Moor Primary School. On Friday 16 June 2023, Hunslet Moor School celebrated the 150th anniversary
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 12 June 2023. Click on the description to see the full application: Raised ridge height and loft conversion
Jimmy Watson is set to return to action – and make his 200th appearance for the club – when Hunslet RLFC entertain Cornwall on Sunday (18 June 2023) in a key Betfred League 1 fixture. The popular fullback, who is in his benefit season, has been sidelined since mid-April after
Police in Leeds are appealing for information to help locate a man who is wanted on recall to prison. Aiden Stevens, aged 23, from Beeston, is wanted after breaching the conditions of his licence following his release from prison, where he had been serving a sentence for robbery. Despite extensive
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 where Saturday is Gala day. The annual event takes place on the recreation ground by Church
Skateboarding is the key to good mental health, according to 18-year-old Liam Wheatley, who lives in South Leeds. Liam is part of a team of young people behind the Make Your Move campaign, which launched this week in Leeds. The campaign aims to inspire other young people to get active
Levels of air pollution in Leeds have not returned to pre-pandemic levels and continue their long-term decline as a result of citywide action, new air quality data published by Leeds City Council on Clean Air Day (16 June 2023) confirms. Changing travel behaviours, a faster than average transition to plug-in
Leeds City Council has been denied a ‘Security of Costs’ order in a case it is defending against allegations of unfair competion brought by local micro business Instaplanta (Yorkshire) Limited in a ruling dated 5 June 2023. As we reported in April, Instaplanta has taken Leeds City Council to the
A survey of trees in Cross Flatts Park has revealed that up to twenty mature ash trees will have to be cut down in the coming months. A further forty will have to be cut back. The trees are suffering from a highly destructive fungal disease called ‘ash dieback‘, which
Local singer Clare Brooke, whose new record ‘Our Country Rose’ has just been released, will be entertaining home and away fans when promotion-chasing Hunslet host Cornwall on Sunday (18 June 2023, 3.00pm) in Rugby League’s Betfred League 1. The chanteuse, who is also a duty/events manager at the South Leeds