What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This month the Friends of Middleton Park guided walk is part of the Heritage Open Days events in Leeds. The walk and talk on Sunday (15 September 2024) explores the role of religion within Middleton. From the Reformation until catholic emancipation the Catholic faith survived because some catholic gentry allowed
Thursday 29 August 2024 saw Cross Flatts Park become the home of a new upcycling event. In the aftermath of the Olympics and the anticipation of the Paralympics, Our Future Beeston held a mini Olympics in the park incorporating themes around reusing and recycling waste materials. The games consisted of
On Saturday (14 September 2024) Fearns is set to host this year’s annual Leeds Rum Festival alongside event organisers, Studio Events which promises to once again be a premier all-round experience for rum lovers, experts and enthusiasts alike. From 1pm to 9pm, the Leeds Dock kitchen, bar and event space
The Hunslet RLFC players were not the only winners at Friday’s Awards Night. Lifelong supporter Audrey Groves, who celebrated her 90th birthday yesterday (9 September 2024), was presented with the prestigious Geoff Gunney Award as well as being made a Vice President of the Club. Audrey started going to watch
Beeston-based mental health charity Touchstone has organised a walk and talk in Cross Flatts Park on Tuesday (10 September 2024) to mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2024. The theme for this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day is “Changing the Narrative”. 1 in 5 of us will have thoughts about suicide
Belle Isle mountaineer Ellis Robinson’s latest conquest, in this Olympic year, was Mount Olympus in Greece. The fabled home of the Gods has been on Ellis’s to do list since he climbed Kilimanjaro in July 2023. Having gathered sponsors and checking his kit, he headed for Greece to meet the
People living in South Leeds are set to benefit from fresh investment into local grassroots sports facilities thanks to a £600k grant from the Football Foundation. This investment will enable Hamara to build a new leisure and wellbeing facility and create a new 3G Multi sports pitch. These improved facilities
This year is the 300th anniversary of the birth of a Leeds civil engineer and arguably its greatest – John Smeaton. He was born in Austhorpe in East Leeds but his many designs of bridges, viaducts, harbours, canals and navigations not only impacted on most of the UK, but also
“There’s nothing to get old for” was a phrase I became familiar with as a child. My loving grandparents would each, in turn, half-jokingly, half-absolutely- deadly-seriously, warn me about the perils of ageing. Aches and pains, brain and body not cooperating on command as it once had, the horror of
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 2 September 2024. Click on the description to see the full application: Externally illuminated fascia sign; wall mounted