Month: September 2024

South Leeds gardeners strike gold at Yorkshire In Bloom awards

Both Middleton Railway and Beeston in Bloom won Gold Medals at this year’s Yorkshire in Bloom Awards. The Middleton Railway, entering for the fifth time, wonl in the Tourist Attractions, Stately Homes and Pay on Entry Gardens Category. On top of that, they were the joint winner in this category

‘Battle of Holbeck Moor’ commemmorated with Blue Plaque

A new Leeds Civic Trust Blue Plaque has been unveiled to record the events of 1936 when 30,000 Leeds residents rallied against the British Union of Fascists on Holbeck Moor. On 27 September 1936 Sir Oswald Mosley and 1,000 Blackshirts of the British Union of Fascists marched from the city

Last chance to take part in Mass Transit consultation

The Mass Transit plans consultation, launched by Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin in the summer, comes to an end next week. Thousands of the region’s residents have already had their say on the plans, which attracted public support from the likes of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and Leeds and

Belle Isle says ‘Yes’ to tenant control

Belle Isle will be run by its tenant management organisation for another five years. Belle Isle tenants have voted by a huge majority for Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO) to continue. This was announced at BITMO’s Annual General Meeting last night (26 September 2024) by the Chair, Leon Kirkham.

Ofsted: Clapgate is ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ in two areas

Clapgate Primary School in Belle Isle was inspected by Ofsted in July and in a report published on Monday (23 September 2024) Inspectors rate the school as ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ in Early Years Provision and ‘Outstanding’ in Personal Development. Inspectors report that children value the adults in school: “In the