Month: September 2014

Middleton Park Golf Course closure to be debated

Senior councillors are being recommended to press ahead with the closure of Middleton Park Golf Course at a meeting next Wednesday. Leeds City Council’s powerful executive board will discuss a number of options regarding the long-term viability of both Middleton Park and Gotts Park local authority golf courses. This follows

Hunslet Hawks: Moore has Oldham in his play-off sights

Hunslet Hawks prop Richard Moore is confident his team have enough quality to beat Oldham in their Kingstone Press Championship One Qualifying Play-off match at South Leeds Stadium tonight. The winners will take on league leaders York City Knights – who have a week one bye in the five-club play-off

Comment: Time for ‘One Leeds’ developers to talk to us here in the south

‘£1 billion World Trade Center plan could transform Leeds’ South Bank’ screamed the headline in the YEP recently. Centred around the Tetley site, a masterplan to help transform “Leeds’ South Bank” over the next 100 years has apparently been drawn up by ‘leading architects and developers in the city’. The ‘One

Beeston charity manager shortlisted for national charity award

  Nafisa Miraf from Beeston-based mental health charity Touchstone is one of five finalists in the Volunteer Manager of the Year category of the prestigious Third Sector Awards 2014. Nafisa has been shortlisted for making an outstanding contribution to volunteering at Touchstone which includes massively boosting the numbers of volunteers

Come on you Hawks! Hunslet’s promotion push starts here

Hunslet Hawk’s push for promotion to the Championship kicks up a gear this week. After securing a second place finish in Kingstone Press Championship 1 with a convincing 50- 6 victory over South Wales, the Hawks will now face Oldham Roughyeds at home in the first game of the playoff

Middleton Park Craft, Flower and Produce Show on Sunday

Once again the Annual Craft, Flower and Produce Show will kick off with an enthusiastic blast. Now in its fifth year the event is artfully run and organised by the Friends of Middleton Park. This is a fantastic opportunity for the whole community to come together and share their gardening,