What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 15 February 2016: Alterations to convert 7No. flats to form 2No. Dwellings 15 – 17 Theodore Street Cross Flatts
Police are appealing for witnesses after an incident at a pub in Middleton on Friday night. On Friday 19 February, shortly before 7pm, police officers were carrying out enquiries at the Omnibus pub, in Middleton, Leeds. Whilst there, a police officer was deliberately driven at by a Vauxhall Astra, which
I was at the scene this morning where Police still had a large area taped and cordoned off this morning (20 February 2016), from last night’s hit and run incident of a Police officer at the Omnibus Pub on Sharp Lane in Middleton. The incident happened around 7pm Friday night.
Friends of Middleton Park This weekend’s activity. We’ll be trying to start promptly at 1pm from outside the Visitor Centre and will be out for probably about an hour and a half on reasonably good paths and tracks. We’ll be following some of the trails and sites of interest around
[slideshow_deploy id=’45277′] Made my up to Middleton Park on a sunny but cold morning to take part in the Skye Valentine’s Day fun run (14 February 2016). A repeat of last year’s fun run. The fun run was to raise money for Candlelighters and Delete Blood Cancer UK, Skye’s
This article is part of the fracking series put together by Frack Free LS26. Hutton Energy has recently bought the license to complete exploratory fracking drills across south Leeds, including in Middleton and Belle Isle, and much of the surrounding area. This series of articles hopes to educate people about
A diesel rail bus has been badly damaged by fire after Middleton Railway’s Moor Road premises were broken into on Tuesday night (8 February 2016). The vehicle, built in 1950, as an Overhead Line Inspection Vehicle, earning it the nickname Olive. It was used on the Sheffield-Manchester Woodhead line. Middleton
Many teenagers would rather choose social networking sites, cinema, friends and even exercise above revision. Yet Year 11 students from Cockburn School in Beeston have engaged with a host of innovative approaches to prepare students for their recent GCSE English Literature exams. It all started in the Autumn term with
This article is part of the fracking series put together by Frack Free LS26. Hutton Energy has recently bought the license to complete exploratory fracking drills across south Leeds, including in Middleton and Belle Isle, and much of the surrounding area. This series of articles hopes to educate people about
Ivor Dykes – 1924-2015 Ivor was a real character and a real Friend of Middleton Park and the local community. I think it’s safe to say that he lived life to the full, enjoying as much of it as his health allowed him to. Ivor was born in 1924 at