Category: Middleton

News and events for the Middleton area

Middleton Baptists to mark 90th anniversary

Celebrating 90 years of Worship, Witness and Service Over the weekend of 21 and 22 January Middleton Park Baptist church will be celebrating 90 years. The church fellowship started meeting before January however, the first recorded members meeting took place on 20 January 1927. So how did it all start?

Middleton councillor caught up in Council Tax controversy

Cllr Kim Groves, who represents Middleton Park ward on Leeds City Council, has been caught up in a controversy between the Yorkshire Evening Post and Leeds City Council. The newspaper had submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) about councillors not paying their Council Tax. The Council

School’s charity appeal supports mums

St Philip’s Catholic Primary School in Middleton has held another successful charity appeal in the run up to Christmas. The school selects a charity to support each year, this year is supporting Catholic Care’s Gianna Project. The project offers support to women in Leeds facing an unplanned pregnancy and helps

Middleton roundabout up for architecture award

A roundabout in Middleton is on the shortlist for a prestigious architecture award. The Middleton Meadows scheme was a joint venture between Enterprise Rentacar, Green Estates and Leeds City Council on the Middleton Ring Road near the St George Centre and Asda. It saw the roundabout planted up with wild