What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Students at Cockburn School spent the week before the Easter holidays raising funds for their school charity, the Kyle Asquith Foundation. They raised £1547! This included £300 from the Keldon School of Dance who performed at Cockburn School over the weekend before the fundraising week. The charity was set up
Year 9 and Year 10 football teams from Cockburn John Charles Academy (CJCA) have been crowned the Leeds South and Central League Champions. The boys embodied the Academy’s values and expectations, being prepared and showing resilience in order to attain the titles. Their coach, Mr Burnell states, “The passion and
The Enhance programme, which supports people to maintain health, wellbeing and independence, and avoid a hospital admission, will be funded for a second year up to April 2024. It works by providing tailor-made support for patients being discharged from hospital, referred to Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust (LCH) or identified
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 April 2023: Listed Building application for recladding work to gables T F And J H Braime Holdings
Every young person deserves recognition when they accomplish something they haven’t done before. The Hunslet Club U9s dual football team have had a fantastic season that ended with a bang as they won the Champions League Cup for the first time! We are incredibly proud of this achievement, as the
Global Earth Day has been growing in importance since 1970 and today’s event (22 April 2023) will be bigger than ever. Wade’s Charity embraces the celebrations as the green spaces which Wade’s owns around the city play a crucial role in providing a place where Leeds residents can exercise, relax,
Beeston-based fifth generation family-run bedmaker Harrison Spinks has achieved two prestigious King’s Awards for Innovation and International Trade, bringing the total number awarded to the company to seven. The luxury bed brand, which is active in 13 European countries, plus the USA, Canada, Korea, and Australia, secured the King’s Award
Today marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most important events in the history of Hunslet RLFC. It was on Saturday 21 April 1973 that the club, which had been formed in 1883 and which, along the way, had been the first to achieve the All Four Cups ‘clean
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 with two church coffee mornings on Saturday, 10am-12pm. The first is at Beeston Parish Centre on Town Street
One hundred electricans have benefitted from free Level 3 ‘18th Edition Wiring Regulations’ training at Leeds College of Building thanks to funding from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA). Delivered through the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges, re[boot] and subsequent Skills Connect training is designed for adult learners looking to upskill, re-skill, and gain sector-specific qualifications within regional