Posts by Yorkshire Reporter

A range of work to improve three lakes located at one of the city’s most popular parks is now underway. Over a six week period, each of the lakes at Temple Newsam park will be drained to allow machinery to remove silt and leaves that have built up over the…

Work on a new children’s playground at a popular recreation ground in East Leeds has commenced this month. As part of the £90,000 scheme set to be completed next month, old play equipment currently at Barley Hill Recreation Ground in Garforth will be replaced by a modern area for children…

Would you like to help older people in your area, have you got some time and ideas, then you could be part of MAECare management committee. MAECare (Moor Allerton Elderly Care) is a local organisation working in the Alwoodley, Moortown and Shadwell area of Leeds for people over 60. Set…

Councillors Kim Groves, Judith Blake and Paul Truswell (Labour, Middleton Park) are encouraging children to get involved in the ‘History Detectives Club’. The new youth group is focusing on the rich history and archaeology of Middleton Park and surrounding area. The group will be exploring their local heritage, learning lots…

Zero hours contracts have recently excited a great deal of comment – both for and against. A recent CIPD survey estimated that there are currently around one million people in Great Britain working on a zero hours basis and that 65% of them are happy with their work‑life balance, compared…

These principles can assist you in reducing the opportunity for crime to occur at your home, your place of work or your business. They can be considered for development and implementation by individuals, communities, partners or businesses and act as a check-list to see what steps you may be able…

An ongoing campaign to protect people across Leeds from burglary has resulted in a 14.5 per cent reduction in offences over the last year. The combined efforts of West Yorkshire Police, Leeds City Council and other key agencies, under the Safer Leeds partnership, has seen 816 fewer burglaries between January…