What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious road traffic collision in Leeds in which a 16-year-old boy was critically injured. At 6.26pm on Friday (28 April 2023) officers were called to the incident outside The Broadway pub, in Dewsbury Road, Beeston. The collision involved a black Nissan Xtrail and
Middleton FC were crowned Yorkshire Amateur League Cup Champions on Wednesday night (26 April 2023) after a 2-1 win against Farsley Celtic Juniors. It was a very tough week for Middleton, playing their third match in five days and with an injury crisis in the camp losing three main players
John Blenkinsop was a Mining Engineer and Steam Locomotive designer who was born at Felling, near Gateshead, County Durham. When he was old enough he was apprenticed to his cousin, John Straker, the Coal Viewer for Charles John Brandling’s Felling Colliery. Brandling lived at Tilling, County Durham; and he married