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.

Don’t delay your Cervical Screening appointment

Women in Leeds are being urged not to delay taking part in cervical screening during the coronavirus pandemic through the launch of a new safety video. Cancer Wise Leeds, a programme funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research and delivered in partnership with Leeds Cancer Programme, has produced the Safe Screening for

Plans for new waste incinerator at Stourton move forward

Plans for an Energy from Waste (EfW) incinerator plant on the site of the old Skelton Grange power stations are set to come to fruition this year, ten years after a planning application was first submitted. South Leeds Life first reported on plans for such a plant back in February

Food For All Pantry to launch in Belle Isle

Middleton based charity Health for All, which aims to help the poorest and most vulnerable communities in the city overcome the challenges of health inequality, poverty and isolation, has received a share of £9.5million of National Lottery funding to help recover from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. The £100,000

Police car and taxi in collision on Ring Road Beeston Park

Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision in Leeds involving a police armed response vehicle and a taxi. The blue BMW X5 was responding on blue lights to reports of a shooting in Thorpe Road, Middleton, when it was involved in a collision with black Toyota Auris