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Campaigners battle for faster internet speed in Middleton

A group of Middleton residents have got their ‘bytes’ between their teeth and are cranking up their campaign for faster broadband speed in the area. Residents in New Forest Village and Heritage Village area of Middleton say their lives have been blighted by slow internet speeds, making it difficult to work from home or conduct

Can you help trace Hunslet taxi driver attacker?

Police are appealing for information following an incident in which a taxi driver was assaulted after his vehicle was allegedly damaged. The incident happened between 10.30pm and 10.45pm on Friday 3 August outside the Engine Pub, close to the junction of Moor Road and Old Run Road in Hunslet. The 51-year-old

New exhibition at Beeston’s BasementArtsProject

“Familiar interiors without their people often become spaces of meditation. When alone in them there is something unfamiliar about being in the same familiar room yet again. Memories drift by, time seems to unpick itself and the day becomes night before it is supposed to. These are images of reverie

New Middleton school ‘tidy’ poster on display

The winning entry from a school ‘design a sign’ competition to encourage residents to keep their local area tidy went on display this week. As reported on South Leeds Life in July, children from Westwood Primary School in Middleton designed the winning sign which will be rolled out around the Westwood’s

Morley Literature Festival lineup announced

Here at South Leeds Life we don’t usually cover things outside of inner south Leeds – ie Beeston, Belle isle, Middleton, Hunslet, Holbeck and Cottingley – but we thought we’d make the exception today as the line-up for this year’s annual Morley Literature Festival has been announced. And it’s only