What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
It’s time to give the Cottingley Hall estate a bit of a boost! On the 19th and 20th of August Cottingley In Bloom – along with Groundwork Leeds, Mears and the council – are getting together to make the estate a little more lovely. If you have some spare time
Today (Friday 25 July 2014) sees the start of Love Parks Week, raising awareness of the importance of parks and green spaces. Love Parks Week is a platform for hundreds of park lovers to join forces in the UK’s largest celebration of green spaces. It also campaigning to protect
For 70 years, The Hunslet Club has offered a diverse range of activity for young people in South Leeds and has produced some great success stories in its time. With the growing popularity of sport and activity with young people and adults alike, there is now greater demand than
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. It seems we can’t get enough of cycling in this glorious Tour de France year. We spotted staff from Leeds Museums on Twitter taking part in a Tour de Musee on Tuesday,
Cockburn School held a commemoration to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 on Friday (18 July 2014). Pupils and staff were joined by the Lord Mayor of Leeds Cllr David Congreve, the Archdeacon of Leeds Canon Paul Hooper, Colonel Denney of the
Pupils from New Bewerley Community School in Beeston were part of a group of youngsters performing Shakespeare at the West Yorkshire Playhouse last Monday (14 July 2014). The Year 4 children (aged 8-9) joined with others from Rufford Park and Horsforth Newlaithes primary schools to perform a story drawn
Residents of Holbeck turned out in large numbers to enjoy Holbeck Gala on Saturday (19 July 2014) despite the frequent rain showers. Months of planning by the organisers looked in jeopardy on Saturday morning as the rain came down on Holbeck. But volunteers rallied to help set up
A minor headline in a left wing newspaper seems to have created a bit of a stir in the mainstream media. Socialist Worker reported the inquiry into the death of a boy who was killed by a polar bear under the headline ‘Eton by bear? The inquest begins’. In
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Safety on building sites was on the curriculum for children from Beeston Hill St Luke’s, Greenmount and Hunslet Moor primary schools when they met Keepmoat Ken recently. Keepmoat are the main contractor
A consultation is being held on Thursday (17 July 2014) to discuss plans for a new Aldi supermarket on the site of the former Police station on Burton Road off Dewsbury Road in Beeston. Aldi are proposing to build a store with 1,108 m2 of retail space, 80% of