What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Anyone in Middleton and Belle Isle who is unfortunate enough to suffer a heart attack now has a better chance of survival after three Community Public Access Defibrillators have been installed in locations across the local area. Councillor Judith Blake who represents the area and is also Leader of Leeds
The controversial High Speed Rail line (HS2) from London to Leeds has been given the go ahead today (11 February 2020) by the Prime Minister. As we have previously reported over the last seven years, including here, here, here and here Leeds will see a new station built in the
Public consultation launches on Leeds City Council’s initial budget plans for 2020/21 Public consultation is now underway to gather views on Leeds City Council’s initial budget proposals for the next financial year. During the three-week consultation period, the council is encouraging anyone who works or lives in the city to
The great Middleton Bonfire returned to Middleton Park on Tuesday 5 November at 7pm. Regardless of it being a rather muddy affair thanks to the prior wet weather, the crowds gathered in their masses to watch the event and celebrate bonfire night. This year there were around 7,000 attendees! The
A new book tracing the intertwined development of coal mining, railways and the community of Middleton has been published by the Middleton Railway Trust. Colliery, Community, Railway, by Charles Milner, was launched at an event at the railway on Tuesday (17 September 2019). It forms the final piece of Last
The Friends of Middleton Park working in close partnership with officers from the Leeds City Council and Groundwork trust have managed to secure a package of funding that has enabled the playground to be refurbished, extended and new play opportunities to be installed. The improvement work was undertaken following feedback
Local Councillors Judith Blake, Kim Groves and Paul Truswell have welcomed a new signal-controlled pedestrian crossing on Ring Road Beeston next to the Urban Bike Park in Middleton. The crossing is the result of requests from local people for safer facilities at the current informal crossing point, and follows traffic
Construction of an 18-home development in Middleton by the housing association Leeds Federated has begun. Work on the site at the junction of Acre Road and Sissons Lane formally got underway as Middleton Park councillors Judith Blake and Paul Truswell attended a ceremony to mark the project. Leeds Federated says
Middleton Park Councillor Judith Blake led calls to address what she described as the “depressing” inequalities in the UK economy at the UK2070 Commission National Symposium on Thursday (13 June 2019). The Leeds City Council Leader is a member of the Commission of the independent inquiry, which was established last
One of Belle Isle Elderly Winter Aid’s oldest Trustees retired from the Board. For over 20 years Dorothy Hopper has been a Volunteer and Trustee of Belle Isle Winter Aid. She was visited at home by Councillor’s Judith Blake and Kim Groves to be personally thanked for all her years