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The Otley Run brings thousands of visitors through our area every weekend. But it also brings problems - anti-social behaviour, litter, and disruption for residents. It has grown in recent years, with more and more non-students taking part. Since being elected we’ve been working on a clear five-point plan to get it under control. Here’s what we’ve already achieved, and what comes next: 1 - Ban the behaviours that cause harm When we were elected we made it our mission to tackl

In addition to the below, consider installing a video doorbell. In several recent cases locally, footage has helped resolve incidents. Car crime has changed Many newer cars use keyless technology, and thieves are using new methods to steal vehicles quickly and quietly. We've used information from the police to create this guide to protecting your property: 1. Keyless car theft (relay theft) Some cars unlock automatically when the key is nearby. Thieves can use a device to tri

Last week the big red 'McDonalds' sign was removed from Yorkshire Water property on Otley Road, following our planning complaint. We admit it's not the biggest or worst crime, and only a tiny part of what we've worked on this week, but we're sharing it here because quite a lot of people had emailed us about it, and to let you know that we're always happy to take up this kind of thing! We also got Yorkshire Water to cut back the hedges on Otley Road by the treatment works.

A reminder that there is a Meanwood Beck flooding engagement event tomorrow, 4-6pm (drop in) at The Meanwood Institute. Worth going even if not at risk - lots of interesting information about natural works being done all up the Meanwood Valley Trail to help prevent flooding and improve biodiversity. Here's Izaak's notes from the first drop-in, last week: 🌊 Meanwood Flooding Engagement event, 5th March, Meanwood Institute Over last 2 years council have been studying 20 differ

The Cardigan Community Centre is running Youth sessions in our area, including at West Park United Reformed Church, LS16 5BD on Wednesdays from 5pm - 6.30pm, for young people aged 11- 17. The session provides a safe and welcoming space for young people to socialise, take part in Activities/Sports, and access support if needed. Please share this with local parents!! Also, why not check out the St Paul's community meal which includes activities for kids? Every Monday from 5pm

Tomorrow we're expecting a big update on Labour Mayor Tracy Brabin's plans to bring West Yorkshire buses into public control (you can read more here ). In the meantime, we're really pleased that disabled pass holders across West Yorkshire will soon be able to travel for free at any time of day. The change begins in Wakefield from May this year, allowing the Mayor to test its impact before rolling it out across the region from April 2027. Tracy Brabin said: “Making travel free

We'll be nominating a few people for this! Here are the details. Please get involved: " I’m getting in touch to let you know that for the fifth year running, the BBC Radio Leeds Make a Difference Awards are back! The awards celebrate and say thank you to people and animals living in West Yorkshire who make where we live a better place. We’re hoping to find and honour the hidden heroes amongst our community. Here are some more details about the awards. Every day we h

A bit of a collected item! Firstly, Weetwood Lane (by Weetwood Court) is partly closed for urgent Yorkshire Water works as we wrote last week . That's annoying but we're glad that YW have finally taken responsibility for it after we lobbied them with residents for some weeks. However, the diversions have not been clear or widespread enough and so Weetwood Court residents have had quite a bit of speeding to deal with. We've asked them to increase signage at more key locations.

We've pasted below the email we received from the Head of Planning earlier today. It relates to what we shared a couple of weeks ago in this newsletter. Do have a read of that for context . In essence, the airport want to avoid a proper and public planning process where all can get involved. They've tried it before and failed. But we have to go through the process. We're pleased that the council is making the decision to do a full call for evidence; we've called for this ours

Do you live near Clayton Wood? It's the wood between Silk Mill Way and the Ring Road. It's beautiful. Well used by dog walkers, there are fascinating ancient remains there, and generally a lovely place to get out and enjoy nature. We've been doing some surveying with archaeologists and we're working with locals to organise litter picks and other ways to celebrate this hidden treasure. Interested? To start with, we've set up a new Facebook group - join it here .