What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
Middleton boxer Kai Gale is delighted at winning his first professional bout and wants to be seen as ‘first and foremost representing South Leeds.’ Gale won all four rounds of his super middleweight contest against Londoner Robbie Chapman on an open-air show at Wakefield’s DIY Kitchens Stadium organised by Manchester-based
People across Leeds are being encouraged to come out and show their support as the Baton of Hope tour passes through the city on World Suicide Prevention Day next week. The countdown is on for the Leeds leg of the tour on Wednesday (10 September 2025), in what is set
Updated from print edition with comments from Cockburn MAT Plans to lease Middleton Leisure Centre to Cockburn Multi-academy Trust, which runs the neighbouring Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy, have come under fire with over 800 residents signing a petition to halt the plan. The council has said it intends to keep
The subject of asylum seekers and refugees has been dominating the headlines recently with demonstrations outside asylum hotels, including in Leeds. Many people have expressed their concerns about the situation, but there’s a lot of misinformation out there, so what are the facts? Let’s start with the terminology. In the