Category: Middleton

News and events for the Middleton area

South Leeds Links: Tetleys future, police motorway appeal and Holbeck Cemetery

Afternoon all! Here’s your weekly roundup of what’s making south Leeds tick on the area’s blogs, websites and on Facebook. Holbeck Cemetery has 87 Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials plus many other private memorials, and is hosting a Remembrance Sunday walk next month. The Friends of Holbeck Cemetery have blogged about

Community awards nominations now open

The annual Hamara Community Awards are presented on six categories for people and organisations who have contributed to Leeds’ communities and who continue to put others before themselves. The popular awards are an annual event – and nominations for the 2012 event are now open! Hamara Healthy Living Centre is based

Come and join South Leeds Life at group meeting – and wish us luck at Blog North awards!

It’s a busy week here at South Leeds Towers! Tomorrow a small group of us is off over t’Pennines for the Blog North Awards, which recognises the best blogs in the North of England. We’ve been lucky enough to have been shortlisted in the ‘best neighbourhood or city blog’ category, so fingers crossed

Music Video Made In South Leeds Shortlisted For 2 UK Music Video Awards

A music video filmed partly on location earlier this year at the Hunslet Club by local film production company Crowns & Owls has been shortlisted for two prestigious UK Music Video Awards for best choreography in a video and best budget dance video respectively. The video for the song “Showdown” by

Leeds City College: New courses, new opportunities in South Leeds

We’ve received the following guest post from Kirsty Lunn, of Leeds City College, about winter course starting in south Leeds…. Leeds City College has a wide range of part time courses starting across South Leeds from 5th November 2012 at its Joseph Priestley Campus (Morley), Milton House (Morley), Beeston Centre

Speeding vehicles discussed at Middleton meeting

PC Claire Rowlinson attended the latest New Forest Village community meeting in Middleton. Also in attendance were Councillor Judith Blake, a representative from Leeds City Council’s parks and countryside department and 18 residents, writes Rothwell NPT. Crime statistics for the area were given for the last month which were: two thefts

Fright night as New Forest Village is overrun by zombies!

There’s some ghostly and ghoulish goings on in the New Forest Village area of Middleton! The Friends of New Forest Village would like to invite you to join them from 6.30pm on Wednesday 31st October 2012 at Sharp Lane Plantation as Halloween brings out witches, vampires and zombies! All events begin at

South Leeds links: Hunslet Hawks, cemetery vandalism and naked rambler

Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and on Facebook. Hunslet Hawks rugby club have unveiled their new community minibus, which will be used to take players to local away games, continue the club’s community work and could ferry supporters to and from the South

Jobs skills and support on offer at White Rose Centre

A new advice centre is opening at the White Rose Shopping Centre to offer people in south Leeds support on jobs and access to learning and skills training. The Point will open on Thursday 11th October. It will offer a wide range of learning and skills opportunities including retail, hospitality, customer service and security. The Point