What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Wednesday 11 October 2023 marked International Day of the Girl Child. Initiated by the United Nations in 2012, the International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated annually. Its aim is to highlight and address the needs and challenges which girls face throughout the globe. The Women of the World
The BBC is planning to make cuts to local radio which will mean that we lose distinctive Leeds content for significant parts of the day. Although BBC Radio Leeds will continue to have its own dedicated local programmes from 6am to 2pm on weekdays, after that time programmes will be
A series of real-life short stories by Leeds theatre company The Performance Ensemble will be broadcast on BBC Radio Leeds next week from Monday 10 August to Friday 14 August 2020. The Performance Ensemble is a theatre company made up of people living in Leeds aged over 60. For six
As Pakistan celebrates its 70th anniversary today (14 August 2017) a new play about the events of 1947 will be be broadcast on BBC Radio Leeds tonight, and we have free tickets to see the play at West Yorkshire Playhouse on Friday 8 September. West Yorkshire Playhouse and BBC Radio
I was on BBC Radio Leeds this afternoon (15 April 2016) chatting to Johnny I’Anson about the news in our corner of West Yorkshire. We discussed our April Fool story, the new Hunslet Carr sign, D-Day hero Bill Cutler and the upcoming local elections. Thanks to Johnny I’Anson and Tim
I was on BBC Radio Leeds this afternoon (19 February 2016) chatting to Steve White about the news in our corner of West Yorkshire. We discussed the Valentine’s Day run for Skye, the Ice Pak planning application and Harry Potter Day at Park View Primary Academy. Thanks to Steve White
I was rather taken aback last Friday when Johnny I’Anson tried to call me Jezza on Radio Leeds. Oh dear that looks like name dropping. Johnny’s a great journalist and presenter, but he’s hardly an A list celebrity is he? I wasn’t meaning to name drop, but he did get
I was on BBC Radio Leeds this afternoon (23 October 2015) chatting to Johnny I’Anson about the news in our corner of West Yorkshire. We discussed Cockburn school, Holbeck Elderly Aid and a Hunslet Hawk in Hong Kong. Thanks to Johnny I’Anson and Tim Daley at BBC Radio Leeds for
Last week Wayne Levitt and Julie Holmes went into Radio Leeds to talk to Nick Ahad about family histories. Following South Leeds Life’s coverage of Leeds Libraries campaign featuring Wayne’s discovery of his family links to a Victoria Cross holder, BBC Radio Leeds got in touch to feature the story
I went into BBC Radio Leeds this afternoon ( February 2015) to talk to Johnny I’Anson about the latest edition of our newspaper and three of the top stories from it. Thanks to Johnny I’Anson and Corinne Wheatley at BBC Radio Leeds for allowing us to reproduce this clip. You