Author: Jeremy Morton

I've lived in Beeston in South Leeds since 1984 and I love the area. I am involved in various community activities including helping to organise Beeston Festival. I have been involved with the South Leeds Life Group since it started in 2010.

Disability advocate stands for Youth Parliament

Already a disabled youth voice representative and accessibility advocate, 15-year-old Mikey J Marsden is standing for election to the UK Youth Parliament. Mikey is a student at Cockburn School in Beeston and last year became ill with an incurable disability called Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS). PoTS is a dysfunction of

Raise a glass to veterans with Ross Kemp and Marston’s

Marston’s and the Royal British Legion (RBL) are launching brand new, limited-edition commemorative glasses for this year’s Poppy Appeal, with RBL ambassador Ross Kemp encouraging punters to visit one of over 1,000 pubs to get their hands on one this November. Following last year’s Raise a Glass campaign, which raised

Belle Isle’s McHugh triumphant at Elland Road bare knuckle show

President of the Bare-Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame, Scott Burt, travelled from upstate New York to Leeds to see fighters from Yorkshire and pugilists from Spain and North America compete in front of approaching two thousand spectators on the now annual Yorkshire bare knuckle show staged at Elland Road’s Planet