Tag: Post Office

MP’s Notebook: Hunslet Post Office, Middleton regeneration, Leeds City Council and social media

Just before Christmas, we learned that following the resignation of the postmaster and the withdrawal of the premises for Post Office use, the Penny Hill Post Office in Hunslet will be closing on Monday 26 January. The Post Office says that they are “working hard to keep any period of

MP’s Notebook: Post Office scandal, school absence and Hunslet engineering

The Horizon Post Office scandal is one of the most terrible injustices our country has ever seen. I don’t know about you, but I watched all the episodes of the excellent ITV drama ’Mr. Bates v the Post Office’ with increasing incredulity and anger. How could this have possibly happened?

Belle Isle Shopping Parade improvements approved

Improvements to a shopping parade in Belle Isle have been given the go-ahead thanks to funding from local Councillors. Middleton Park Councillors Kim Groves, Judith Blake and Paul Truswell have provided £400 from their MICE fund to improve Belle Isle Shopping Parade. In a joint project also funded by the

New Post Office for Holbeck and crossing for Dewsbury Road

  Local Councillors in South Leeds have been busy securing local improvements. A new Post Office is to be opened on Domestic Street in Holbeck and a new pedestrian crossing built on Dewsbury Road near Tesco. The Councillors have led a campaign with local residents to keep a Post Office

Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum moves towards formal designation

  The Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum took a big step forward on Saturday when residents approved its constitution subject to minor amendments, at a meeting held in St Matthew’s Community Centre. It is hoped that the formal application for designation by Leeds City Council will be completed in the next month.