Tag: Cllr Paul Trusswell

Park & Ride comes back to Plans Panel

The planning application for the controversial Park & Ride scheme at Stourton will come back to the City Plans Panel next Thursday (24 January 2019). As previously reported on South Leeds Life, Councillors on the panel agreed in principle to the scheme, but blasted officers for lack of information in

‘Social Prescribing’ tackling social isolation in South Leeds

Connect for Health, a local NHS-funded service to improve health and wellbeing for people living in South and East Leeds, has found that social isolation is proving to be the biggest factor affecting health and wellbeing – affecting over one third (37%) of the people the service has worked with

Councillor Judith Blake receives pictures from BITMO

Cllr Judith Blake Leader of Leeds City Council, called into BITMOs GATE from her busy schedule to collect a painting from BITMOs GATE artist, (volunteer) John Shaw the painting was of the BITMO building. A framed photograph of The City, view from Belle Isle Circus by Kenneth Ingram (Volunteer), was

Friends Of Middleton Park AGM

  The proposal for the redevelopment of Middleton Park Golf course and to use this land for a Hub cycling track. Building on from the legacy of Tour De France. Also a competition Mountain bike facility. Plus education, skills and coaching of cycling. Middleton Park golf Course was closed on

Windmill Primary School Sing Carols on Belle Isle Circus

On a very cold December evening Windmill Primary School children from years 3, 4, 5 and 6 walked down from their school and gathered on Belle Isle Circus to sing carols and switch on the Belle Isle Circus Christmas Tree lights. The children were the only ones that looked warm,

Middleton’s Big Conversation with Hilary Benn MP

  Residents in Middleton took the opportunity to join a Big Conversation with Hilary Benn MP on Friday (29 November 2013). There was a lot of criticism for BT and their poor performance in providing fast broadband internet access to the area. After much lobbying by residents, Councillors and the

Middleton Park Bonfire and Fireworks 2013

  Thousand flocked to Middleton Park last night to see the bonfire and fireworks display. Councillor Paul Truswell greeted the crowd, thanked the Council’s Parks department and White Rose Shopping Centre for their sponsorship. Then it was the turn of Grace Coyle, a pupil from Middleton St Mary’s primary school

The Middleton Park Craft, Flower & Produce show 2013

  I arrived at the show, expecting very heavy rain as forecast, but luckily there was only a drizzle all afternoon although it was very windy. I was told lots more people turned up last year, but then it was a beautiful day. You can see from the photos in