What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The winners of the fifth annual White Rose Shopping Centre Community Awards, celebrating local Leeds heroes, were announced in a ceremony this Thursday 20 October. Winners include: Hannah Begum, Children’s Mayor of Leeds, who has worked to promote community cohesion during her year in office Dale Dixon of A E
The decision by the Cockburn Multi-Academy Trust to name the proposed new free school after Laurence Calvert was one that came easily. Former Cockburn School pupil Sgt Laurence Calvert was awarded the Victoria Cross in September 1918 after he rushed a German machine gun post. That action was re-enacted on
The Cockburn Multi-academy Trust has submitted an application to open a new free school to address the need for more secondary school places in the inner south of Leeds. Many primary schools in South Leeds have seen expansion in recent years to accommodate the bulge in school age children. Now
Pupils from Cockburn School in Beeston achieved excellent results this summer against a national and local backdrop that saw exams get harder and a fall in the number of students achieving the top grades. The school is celebrating getting its highest ever exam results with almost 58% of students achieving
Leeds City Council have published plans to extend the 20 mph traffic zone to the residential streets in the Parkwoods, Southleighs and Allenbys around Cockburn School. The zone forms part of the Council’s plans to reduce the speed limit on all residential streets in Leeds to 20 mph. The work,
Cockburn School students and staff are undergoing preparations for the Rock Challenge Northern Open Final which will be held at Grimsby Auditorium on Friday 1 July 2016. They were delighted to be awarded the top spot in their recent heat at the Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham, and are
Leeds Baton Rouge Majorettes Troupe are actively fundraising to ensure their members can take part in upcoming competitions. They have been bag packing at B&M in Hunslet and at the beginning of June one of their supporters, Amy Wright, is undertaking a sponsored 15,000 foot skydive. The group reuse old
The Cricket season may not start until April, but it’s a year round sport at Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club. The club play in the Bradford Premier League (Championship A) and the secret of their success lies in their coaching. Working with youngsters from 5 upwards – they run u9, u11,
Many teenagers would rather choose social networking sites, cinema, friends and even exercise above revision. Yet Year 11 students from Cockburn School in Beeston have engaged with a host of innovative approaches to prepare students for their recent GCSE English Literature exams. It all started in the Autumn term with
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week on the Save Our Beeston Facebook group. David Dodson has posted some arial shots of the area taken with his drone, including this shot of Beeston Cemetery