What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This coming weekend sees ‘Sounds Like A Storm’ – a young indie band, with their roots very firmly in south Leeds – going up a gear, performing to thousands at the major Leeds and Reading Festival. South Leeds Life caught up with them at Old Chapel Studios in Holbeck, to
This summer has seen the launch of the new regular Middleton Community Meetings – and organisers are calling for residents to come forward to get involved, and to help shape the work of the group going forward. The next meeting will be on Monday 3 September, at 7pm, at the
Politics, unless you follow it in your spare time, isn’t well known amongst the younger side of the country. It’s fair to say most millennials have no clue when it comes to voting and how it’s going to affect our country. Despite the lack of knowledge, they seem to have strong
A community open morning will be held in Middleton on Friday to showcase some of the groups starting up at a local community facility. Tenants Hall, off Acre Road, Middleton, is running a range of groups, including gardening, crafts, a book club, ukulele group and Women Aloud singing group. If
An all-new event launches in South Leeds next month: the Middleton Community Camp. This family-centred overnight camp will be taking place in Middleton Park on Saturday and Sunday 2-3 August 2014, for a range of people to meet, hang out, have a laugh, and get inspired by the natural
This weekend we have Robin showing us and you how to make walking sticks, something he has been doing for a long long time he tells me. You may remember Robin as the last steward at Middleton Lodge, he has some great memories of life there that you can get
New Asda and Aldi stores in Middleton will open for business soon Exciting developments for two new supermarkets in Middleton are well underway. Councillors Kim Groves, Judith Blake and Paul Truswell (Labour, Middleton Park) visited the building sites for the new Asda and Aldi branches in the centre of Middleton.
I arrived at the show, expecting very heavy rain as forecast, but luckily there was only a drizzle all afternoon although it was very windy. I was told lots more people turned up last year, but then it was a beautiful day. You can see from the photos in
[Front – Emily Cordingley and Natasha Dalby. Back – Cllr Groves, Peter Patrick, Joshua Patrica, Nadia Bowyer, Giselle Morgan, Sharon Kerr.] Young people from Middleton on a volunteering scheme have been working with their Councillors to help improve their communities. Councillor Kim Groves (Labour, Middleton Park) took part in a
A helping hand for Middleton and Belle Isle trading areas has arrived thanks to a new alliance of traders and local stakeholders. Councillors Kim Groves, Judith Blake and Paul Truswell (Labour, Middleton Park) have worked with local businesses and stakeholders to form the Middleton Town Team. Big and small businesses,