What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The agenda for the next meeting of the Inner South West Community Committee, made up of Councillors for Beeston & Holbeck and Hunslet & Riverside wards, plus Armley and Kirkstall wards, has been published. The meeting, which is open to the public, is taking place at Leeds Civic Hall, LS1
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 18 August 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Change of use from B2 (General
Featuring songs from legendary indie band The Wedding Present, ‘Reception’opens tonight (22 August 2025) at Slung Low’s The Warehouse in Holbeck. Reception is a brand new musical written by Matt Aston that will take you back to the sticky dance floors and crimped hair of 1980s Leeds. Inspired by the
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. We start this week in Belle Isle at Manorfield Hall’s Annual Summer Fair on Saturday, 12pm-4pm. There will be stalls, food and drinks and performances from DAZL Saturday sees Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club’s
Leeds College of Building (LCB) has been named one of the first ever ‘construction technical excellence colleges’ (CTEC) and will receive a share of £100 million in government funding to tackle construction skills shortages. Only 10 colleges across England have been given the status for the 2025 to 2026 academic
Work to completely refurbish parks tennis courts across Leeds has finished, with 50 courts in 11 parks given new life. Parks across Leeds have seen a total investment of over £787,000 ensuring that top quality facilities are available for local communities in the city. The second phase of the project
A group of young people from The Hunslet Club’s Fashion Project swapped the classroom for the catwalk this week, as they showcased their work at the prestigious Burberry headquarters in Leeds. Ten budding designers, all part of the club’s creative arts programme, were invited to give Burberry staff an exclusive
Stars from TV and sport in Leeds have given their celebrity backing to a campaign calling for more people across the city to sign up as ‘Suicide Prevention Champions’. Actors from the cast of Leeds-based ITV soap Emmerdale appear in a new film alongside Leeds United player Brenden Aaronson and
Fighters from the MSA gym in Beeston showed their skills at the two-day Magic of Thailand Festival in Manchester. The event was one of a number held in various locations this summer promoting the culture, food and sport in the south-east Asian nation of over seventy million people. “We put