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.

Santa Trains and Beeston Panto cancelled

It’s going to be a very different festive season this year with two staples of the South Leeds Christmas already cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Today (17 August 2020) Middleton Railway announced that they would not be running Santa Trains this year and St Andrew’s Pantomime Group said they

Council to seek injunction to tackle fireworks nuisance

Leeds City Council, working in partnership with West Yorkshire Police, is seeking an injunction to tackle the misuse of fireworks in Leeds. Residents have the opportunity to add their support or oppose the application. If granted by the Court, the injunction will cover the entire Leeds metropolitan district and last

Two more South Leeds schools join School Streets scheme

Two more South Leeds primary schools have been included in the second phase of the School Streets programme, restricting traffic on designated roads around the start and end of the school day. Hugh Gaitskell in Beeston and Middleton St Mary’s are amongst eight schools in phase two and will join

Holbeck shop’s alcohol licence opposed on public health grounds

The license application from Grocery Store on Domestic Street in Holbeck will be decided by Councillors sitting on the Licensing Sub-Committee on Friday (7 August 2020). The Council’s public health team are opposing the application on the grounds that the area has one of the highest scores in their potential