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Beware ….we have heard rumours of spooky happenings in and around Beckett Park on Friday 31st. After a very successful outing last year ROADBLOCK is back to travel around the estate with lights and music and treats so make sure that you are there….. BRING your family, your friends, even Granny if she is not too timid…..come along and meet at the gates! (Shared from the wonderful Friends of Beckett Park)

In very short, Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) are now applying to alter their existing planning conditions to a 'noise quota' system whereby they could have more of the quieter flights at night. We don't yet have the application itself - it's coming in November - so the below information is based on what the airport have shared with us in a briefing. We have a lot of questions about this! And we're sure you do too. To reiterate our role; while councillors cannot control the pla

We've raised the concerns that we and residents have had about the arrangement of the bus stop on Headingley Lane in particular. Although not in our ward it is used by lots of our constituents. Equally, many of our constituents use this cycle lane and don't want to feel that they are coming into conflict with people getting the bus! For those who don't know, some of the bus stops where the road and pavement narrows require bus users to cross the cycle lane to get onto the bus

Join us at Reclaim the Night – Sunday 26th October – 5:30pm outside Leeds Art Gallery. Speakers from 5:30pm, march at 6pm.⁠ Open to everyone! Let’s send a clear message: violence against women and girls has no place here.⁠ Read more about the history of Reclaim the Night here . This event is being organised by Leeds City Council, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Trade Union Council, Unite the Union, National Education Union and Women Friendly Leeds – Women and Girls Allianc

There are lots of great events coming up for the autumn and winter, all put on by the council. Don't miss out on: the now iconic Leeds Light Night on the 22nd and 23rd of October Saturday music performances at Leeds City Museum lots of spooky Halloween events for all ages Leeds is a great city and part of that is our support for public culture and entertainment. See you out there!

We've been working with a local archaeologist who has taken an interest in Clayton / Silk Mill woods. They're going to do a little discovery walk with some members of the South Leeds Archaeology group, and we're going to join them. Would you like to come? We can't promise ancient temples or Saxon hoards but who knows, it'll at least be a nice walk! We're meeting at 1pm on Saturday 8th November. Please can you just fill in our form if you'd like to attend, in case it needs to

It's that time of year. There will be more fireworks to celebrate Diwali and Bonfire Night. But outside of these times fireworks can become a bit of a nuisance. There are limits on when you can use them, please read those here . If they're being used outside of these curfew hours please contact West Yorkshire Police online or by calling 101. If it becomes a recurring issue in your area and you feel it is not being dealt with please let us know. There will also be extra polici

Lots of people have raised the clearance of trees and then blocked access to the woods from Silk Mill Gardens. The site itself is in Horsforth ward so we've been working with the Horsforth Labour Councillors since last week. Big thanks to them, and to all members of the community who've contacted authorities. Here's the latest update: Access will be restored for the public Together we have contacted Planning Enforcement, Network Rail, Public Rights of Way Team, and the Forest

Yesterday we organised for police, transport officers, housing officers, and the council's cleaner neighbourhoods team to join us and a...

We attended the drop in with Eric Wright - the contractor running the Lawnswood work - and asked questions gathered from subscribers to...