Month: September 2023

Councillors Welcome Funding for High Rise Improvements

Local Ward Councillors Andrew Scopes, Gohar Almass and Annie Maloney have welcomed funding for the replacement of the heat interface units, which draw on the local district heating network for heating and hot water in Cottingley Heights and Towers high-rise flats. The existing units in these blocks are approaching the

New festive grotto announced for White Rose and ice rink returns

White Rose Shopping Centre is heading full steam ahead for the 2023 festive season with the announcement of its brand new enchanting steam train-themed grotto and decorations, and the return of its popular family-friendly ice rink. The wonderous new grotto, where visitors can meet Santa in his vintage train carriage

Local SDP Councillors fail to back City of Sanctuary

Local Councillors Andrew Scopes, Annie Maloney and Gohar Almass (Labour, Beeston & Holbeck) have condemned the actions of SDP Councillors Wayne Dixon and Emma Pogson-Golden (SDP, Middleton Park) after they refused to support a call for Leeds City Council to work towards being officially accredited as a Council of Sanctuary.

Middleton drink driver jailed after woman dies outside ice rink

A speeding drink driver who fled the scene of a collision in Leeds in which a woman pedestrian was killed has been jailed. Vanessa Barnes, aged 59, from Rossendale, Lancashire, had just left the Planet Ice rink, in Elland Road, after watching her son play for Leeds Knights on 10