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.

Cottingley remembers

Residents of the Cottingley Hall estate, including D-Day hero Bill Cutler, gathered to mark Remembrance Day today (Friday 11 November 2016). [slideshow_deploy id=’55673′] Children from Cottingley Primary Academy read the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ as part of a service led by Sharon D’Ambrosio. The children have been studying the First

Love Where You Live in Middleton and Belle Isle

The next generation of police officers, the West Yorkshire Pioneers together with local councillors Kim Groves and Paul Truswell embraced the spirit of the Belle Isle and Middleton ‘Love Where You Live’ project last week at a bulb planting morning at Middleton Park Avenue. The ‘Love Where You Live’ project

BAM Nuttall donates bikes to The Works charity appeal

BAM Nuttall, the leading civil engineering contractor, has donated five bicycles to local charity The Works. The BAM Nuttall team working on Phase 1 of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme gave the bikes to the Hunslet-based charity, who repair second-hand bikes before giving them as Christmas presents to children from

South Leeds Roundup: Awards, Aiming High & Remembrance

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 in Beeston at the Hamara Centre. December will see the 7th annual Hamara Community Awards dinner. You can nominate an individual or organisation for one of six

Controversy over Middleton pub site plans

Middleton residents met with Councillors last week to discuss their concerns about the redevelopment of the Omnibus public house on Throstle Road North. A planning application to convert the building into a house in multiple occupation (HMO) has been submitted by the new owners, PCC Construction (Yorkshire) Ltd. The plans