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.

New primary school for Middleton announced

A new Primary School is to be built in South Leeds in a partnership between Wellspring Academy Trust and Leeds City Council. The 420-place school, subject to planning approval and public consultation, will be located in the heart of Middleton on a currently undeveloped plot at Acre Mount. The planning

Applications now open for primary school places

Parents across Leeds are being reminded to get their applications in for their child’s reception school place for next September. Parents and carers are being asked to visit the Leeds City Council website – www.leeds.gov.uk to complete an online application for their child’s primary school place, before the closing date

Cockburn students show talent for construction in Gleeds challenge

Students from Cockburn School in Leeds got the chance to see what life in the construction industry is really like when a team from the building consultancy responsible for the Olympic Stadium, Pinewood film studios and Daytona Speedway joined them in the classroom last month. Property and construction consultancy Gleeds,

Amy-Leigh wins poster competition for Middleton bonfire

White Rose Champions Local Artists in Celebration of Bonfire Night White Rose Shopping Centre is proud to once again be sponsoring the Middleton Park and Rothwell Springhead Park bonfire events, which have both enlisted the help of their local schools to design a poster for the evening. The winning designs, chosen