Day: 27 February 2018

Broom Pit anniversary to be celebrated

The Middleton Railway Trust (MRT) has received funding from Middleton Park ward Councillors to mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of Broom Pit, the last coal mine in South Leeds, in 1968. MRT will be producing a special booklet for all primary school children in the ward as well

Holbeck Plan vote: ‘No’ leaflets are “misleading”

Leeds City Council has today (27 February 2018) issued a Factual Statement in relation to the Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan Referendum in response to a leaflet circulated widely in the area by the Democrats & Veterans Party. The leaflet produced by Bill Palfreman, who stood as UKIP’s candidate for Leeds Central