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.

Touchstone offers new parents the Best Start

A new service to enable pregnant women together with parents and carers of babies aged 0-2 to support each other is being launched in South Leeds. The three year project will develop a training programme to help ‘Peer Supporters’ – parents who can support other parents. Working alongside parents and

White Rose Shopping Centre unveils revamped facilities

White Rose Shopping Centre, working with Leeds City Council, unveiled its newly refurbished South West toilet and family changing facilities on Tuesday (17 January 2017). The improvements will aid all shoppers from all walks of life. Leeds City Councillor Jane Dowson, Deputy Executive Board Member for Children and Families, cut

South Leeds Roundup: Seizures, Signs and a Spiritual Medium

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week on Maud Avenue in Beeston, where The Inner South Neighbourhood Policing Team followed up information from the public to make arrests and seize a car in relation

New Bewerley children graduate at Trinity University

Children from New Bewerley Community School in Beeston attended Leeds Trinity University for a graduation ceremony last week. The children graduated from Leeds Children’s University, having taken part in 30 hours plus of extra curricular learning, and have attended after school clubs such as knitting, chess, sports, drama and film

Slideshow: Hunslet RLFC pipped by young Rhinos side

In its inaugural year, the Harry Jepson OBE Memorial Cup was claimed by Leeds Rhinos after they overcame Hunslet RLFC 21-14 in an entertaining and competitive game at South Leeds Stadium yesterday (15 January 2017). [slideshow_deploy id=’57403′] All photos by Steve Gaunt / Touchlinepics.com Hunslet put in a spirited performance