What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Beeston-based fifth-generation luxury bedmaker, Harrison Spinks, has been awarded ‘Bed Manufacturer of the Year’ at the 2024 National Bed Federation Awards. The family-owned bedmaker secured the prestigious award for its continued product-related initiatives and development, after previously winning the same accolade at the NBF Awards in 2022. The judges commended
Purple Patch Arts, a celebrated charity based in Beeston, is marking its 15th anniversary of empowering learning-disabled adults and young people through innovative learning experiences. To celebrate this milestone, they’re hosting a free event showcasing their successful methodology, The Purple Patch Approach. “It makes you happier when you’re learning at
After months of voting, a judging panel and a public vote stage, Jane Hurst, teacher at Middleton Primary School, has been awarded a 2024 Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year Award. Announced on Classic FM Breakfast by Dan Walker, Jane is one of five exceptional music teachers, who are
Customers came down to Lally’s Newsagents in Hunslet Carr on Saturday (28 September 2024) to say goodbye and thank you as Pam and Laky Lally closed up for the last time. The Lallys have run the shop for 36 years, but have now retired. Pam said: “It’s been fantastic running the
Since the start of 2024, the Women’s Group of the Voices Project have been working closely with West Yorkshire Police to address women’s experiences of interacting with police in relation to domestic abuse incidents. Participants of the group met with senior police personnel multiple times to share their own experiences
Both Middleton Railway and Beeston in Bloom won Gold Medals at this year’s Yorkshire in Bloom Awards. The Middleton Railway, entering for the fifth time, wonl in the Tourist Attractions, Stately Homes and Pay on Entry Gardens Category. On top of that, they were the joint winner in this category
A group of Yorkshire teenagers from Leeds Rowing Club will row over 1,000km on Saturday 5 October, without even leaving Leeds. Last year the youngsters raised over £6,000 for the club by rowing marathons, in pairs, on erg rowing machines in the car park of the Stourton Boathouse. This year
First Bus has announced service changes to come into effect on Sunday 27 October, including the removal of the 1 and 1B, to be replaced by a new 24 service. The 24 will run from Beeston through the city centre and Headingley to Holt Park, the route of the old
Rochdale Hornets 26-46 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet have booked their place in the Betfred League 1 Play-off final at Keighley Cougars next week after a resounding victory today (29 September 2024) at Rochdale Hornets. The two sides were locked 18-18 at the break, but the Parksiders delivered a season’s best 40
A new Leeds Civic Trust Blue Plaque has been unveiled to record the events of 1936 when 30,000 Leeds residents rallied against the British Union of Fascists on Holbeck Moor. On 27 September 1936 Sir Oswald Mosley and 1,000 Blackshirts of the British Union of Fascists marched from the city