What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. We start this week with Middleton Elderly Aid’s Christmas Fair on Saturday. Running from 10am-2pm, there will be flowers, cakes, gifts, raffles, games, refreshments, not forgetting Santa’s Grotto. It’s all at their social
Red Ladder Theatre Company and Wrongsemble, two of Yorkshire’s most popular theatre companies, are touring the UK with a double bill of festive shows this Christmas. Red Ladder’s brand new comedy, A Proper Merry Christmess, and Wrongsemble’s family show, A Town Called Christmas, open at Slung Low’s The Warehouse In
Trustees of Wade’s Charity were delighted to come away with Leeds City Council’s prestigious Partner of the Year Award 2025 in recognition of the work the charity does with helping managing some of the most important green spaces in Leeds, as well as providing grant funding to many Leeds based
Leeds Dock’s waterside bar, The Canary, is adding a seasonal sparkle to its weekends with the launch of a brand new Festive Bottomless Brunch; a Christmas celebration of bubbles, burgers, and bottomless gravy. Available every Saturday from 22 November to 27 December, between 12–5pm, guests can enjoy 90 minutes of
Plans to turn a historic building into a 22-bedroom shared house have been blocked by the council. Permission was refused for the conversion of grade II-listed Matthew Murray House on Water Lane in Holbeck. The project would have seen en suite rooms with shared dining rooms and a communal kitchen
It’s 1809. Mary Bateman is about to be hung for witchcraft and murder. Her career of crime has included fake identities, magic charms, poisoned pudding, a holy hen, drunk watchmen and – of course – a freshly-shaved leg of mutton. ‘Mutton’ is the new play from Leeds theatre company Brave
Police in Leeds are appealing for information to trace a wanted man, Owen Sharp. Owen, aged 34, is wanted on suspicion of a number of offences including theft. He is described as a white male, 5ft 6ins, slim build with dark brown hair. Owen is known to frequent the Middleton
Detectives investigating a serious assault in Leeds which left a man with life-changing injuries have renewed an appeal for information nearly 10 months on from the incident. An appeal for witnesses was made shortly after the attack, which occurred on Tempest Place, Beeston, on Tuesday 28 January 2025. The victim,
Award-winning fifth-generation British bedmaker since 1840, Harrison Spinks, has announced its debut in Indonesia, launching its renowned British Luxury Collection into one of the country’s leading retailers, Duta Abadi Primantara (DAP). Following the signing of a Distribution and License Agreement, the handcrafted range will initially be available across five of
Bookings are open, and selling fast, for the ever popular Santa Specials at Middleton Railway. The railway is currently closed during November as it prepares for Santa’s arrival. The Santa Special Trains start running on Sunday 6 December. Each child aged up to 10 years inclusive for whom a fare