What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
More than 200 Welcome Spaces are now open to people in Leeds, offering a warm welcome, hot drinks, a range of activities, and a space to talk with other people. People can find their nearest Welcome Space by visiting www.leeds.gov.uk/welcomespaces. Welcome Spaces are open until 31 March 2025 with many
Gordon Strachan is the latest Leeds United legend to be celebrated with a public mural, this time at The Holbeck club. The Scot captained United to promotion to the top flight in 1990 before holding aloft the First Division Championship trophy two years later. A favourite with the fans, he
Just imagine if we could turn litter into money. Well, we can! Better Beeston is a campaign to tackle litter and waste, and create a more beautiful community, in Beeston Hill. Over the past year, they’ve held dozens of local litterpicking and gardening events, worked with schools and community associations,
Lock Lane ARLFC 10-50 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet’s first real hit out of the season after losing pre-season friendlies to the weather ended in victory against a spirited Lock Lane ARLFC side. It could have been a potential banana skin, but The Parksiders effectively won the game in the first 15
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 20 January 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Two freestanding illumined directional signs; one
Belle Isle resident and Tours of Leeds founder Mike Hampshire is celebrating winning Yorkshire Specialist Tour Company of the Year 2024/25. Founded in 2018, Tours of Leeds has run guided and audio tours of the city to residents and tourists alike ever since. “I started out as Leeds Beer Tours,
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 rugby league Betfred Challenge Cup action on Saturday. Hunslet ARLFC take on West Hull at The Oval
Students and staff from across the Cockburn Multi-academy Trust ended a successful Autumn term in December with a number of charitable enterprises. Having seen on the news, the children living through a nightmare in Gaza and the conflict spreading to Lebanon and things getting even worse for children they decided
Was one of your New Year’s resolutions to take up running? If you are not sure where to start, local running club South Leeds Lakers can help with their free ‘Couch to 5k’ (C25K) programme. C25K is a running plan for absolute beginners. It works because it starts with a
The new energy from waste (incinerator) plant at Skelton Grange has moved into its commissioning stage. Once operational, it will process up to 410,000 tonnes of residual commercial waste and use it to generate 49MW of renewable electricity per annum. This is enough energy to power more than 100,000 homes.