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.

South Leeds strikes gold at Yorkshire in Bloom

Three Gold Awards were handed to organisations in South Leeds at the recent Yorkshire in Bloom awards ceremony. Beeston in Bloom won in the Urban Community category; Middleton Railway in the Tourist Attraction category; and White Rose Shopping Centre in the Large Business category where it was joint Category Winner.

Cockburn sports pitches granted planning permission

Cockburn School’s controversial planning application to build a new full size 3G artificial football/rugby pitch and tennis courts was approved by Councillors on the South & West Plans Panel on 29 September 2022. This was the third time the proposal had come to the Panel after Councillors had insisted that