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.

Middleton retail park saga goes to Plans Panel

Plans for a new shopping centre in Middleton on the former bus garage and Co-op warehouse site will be discussed by Councillors next week, but planning officers are recommending they be turned down again. As South Leeds Life has previously reported, The developer, Marshall CDP, first submitted plans for the

Pennington Court in Beeston is first ‘Outstanding’ care home in Leeds

Westward Care has received notification today that it’s Care Home Pennington Court has been awarded the overall rating of Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). It is the first Care Home for older people in Leeds to ever achieve the highest rating of ‘Outstanding’. Feedback from the CQC Inspectors

Cross Flatts parkrun secures funding for new park shelter

A new permanent gazebo will be built in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston after local parkrun organisers were granted £2,000 through Leeds Building Society’s Community Reward Scheme. The initiative, launched in partnership with parkrun, supports participants of parkrun events with projects that make a long-term, positive community difference. Cross Flatts parkrun,

Half term activities for young people in Belle Isle and Middleton

With the autumn half term (Monday 29 October – Friday 2 November 2018) fast approaching, Youth Services have announced a series of activities including horse riding and quad biking as well as visits to Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Lightwater Valley and Go Ape. The activities are open to young people living