What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Did I tell you about the time I was a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army? I was reminded this week when some marketing arrived addressed to Lt Col Jeremy Morton. I had bought a Christmas present online and had given that as my ‘title’. I usually leave the title
Can I start by saying that I really like CEG as a developer. I’m sure they make a pretty penny for their investors, but they also take local communities seriously and really try to engage – which often isn’t easy for corporates. I don’t know a lot about their development
Two news stories caught my attention this week. The first one was about a Scottish school that pioneered a fifteen minute run round the school at the start of the school day. I say pioneered because the idea has been taken up by 3,600 schools in 35 countries, although I’ve
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and I’m just back from the GP with another year’s worth of anti-depressants so I thought I would restart this column by telling you how my dog saved my mental health. I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but new readers need to know I suffer
The shooting in Beeston on Wednesday night should have been caught on CCTV, but although a posts are in place at both ends of Maud Avenue, there are no cameras yet. We reported back in February that Councillors had approved spending of £50,000 to install three cameras: two in Cross
This week my attention was drawn to an article by David Higgerson warning hyperlocal publishers like South Leeds Life that print was a cul-de-sac. People have been saying “print is dead” for some years, but going into print was a game-changer for South Leeds Life. And yet titles like the
As we mark seventy years since the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan, I learn that this story is news to many people. I grew up on stories of Indian independence and the horrors of partition, but then my parents worked in India after independence. My mother was,
What are we to make of Burberry saying ‘no thanks’ to restoring Temple Works in Holbeck? For those who don’t know it, Temple Works is the jewel in the crown of Leeds’ industrial heritage, but we are perilously close to losing it forever. Built in the 1840’s as a Flax
The Yorkshire Post reported this week that Burberry are “taking a moment to think through” their plans to build a new manufacturing base in Holbeck on the old Kays site. I say the Kays site, but it’s a whole bunch of sites, including perhaps most importantly Temple Works, the Grade
Don’t get me started on Grammar Schools, the present set up is confusing enough. Here’s a little test. Can you explain the difference between: an academy chain; a multi academy trust; a free school; a cluster; a family of schools; and a local education authority? Being an ex-school governor, I