Coroner’s officers are appealing for information to help trace the relatives of Kenneth Osborne from Kirkstall.
Mr Osborne aged 52yrs from the Kirkstall area of Leeds, died on the 12th of November 2019.
Officers would like to hear from anyone who has information on the relatives of Mr Osborne.
Anyone with information should contact Coroner’s Officer Debbie Howarth on 01924 292301.
UPDATE: Three people have been arrested after a police chase ended with a head on crash in Bramley, near the junction with Waterloo Lane.
Three people were in a silver Hyundai which is believed to have been stolen,.
Two men, including the driver, remain in custody. One woman is in hospital with serious but not life threatening injuries.
The Hyundai is believed to have been driven away at speed from police officers after being stopped near Waterloo Lane. It then crashed headlong into a BMW 330D and a nearby Mercedes.
ORIGINAL POST: Emergency services are at the scene of a serious crash outside Bramley Shopping Centre.
West Yorkshire Police have said Lower Town Street is closed following a two-vehicle crash just after 9.19pm on Wednesday evening.
One of the cars involved is a silver Hyundai.
Bramley resident Antony Newby posted on Facebook:
“I was walking to Tesco and saw all the blue flashing lights and the road all blocked off. There were about 30 emergency vehicles there, police, ambulances, firemen. “
The road is likely to be closed until the early hours of this morning. Police but have confirmed that the crash was not fatal.
People are being urged to avoid the area.
Kitchen improvements at New Wortley Community Centre, cookery clubs in Bramley and a Christmas market at Kirkstall Abbey could be awarded Leeds City Council funding.
Councillors on the Inner West Community Committee will meet next week to decide the latest grants to community projects in the area.
Applying for grants are:
Funding will be used to improve the kitchen and serving area, new flooring and cupboards for storage.
Flourishing Families would like to run a family cookery club as part of the Bramley Our Place partnership.
They will shortly be starting a cookery club in their fifth partnering school in Bramley and plan to build on the success of these in seeing positive changes to the diets and cohesion of families by running an after-school Cookery Club in the Fairfield Community Centre.
The Funding is to provide a three-day Christmas Market at Kirkstall Abbey after a previous provider was unable to fulfil their plans. The long term aim is to secure Abbey Mills for community use. In the interim the ambition is to work alongside Kirkstall Abbey staff to create an affordable event for local residents which will be both enjoyable but will also reduce social isolation by engaging with people and signposting them to regular permanent regular activities to create a more supportive and resilient community.
Wortley Football Club are seeking funding to purchase materials for joinery, electrical, plumbing, plastering, flooring and decorating to complete the interiors of their changing rooms building.
The labour will be provided on a free of charge basis by tradesman associated with the club who will give up their spare time to assist them in completing the interiors of the changing rooms.
The club were given a similar amount of funding from the Outer West Community Committee earlier this month.
Supporting local families through gaining practical skills, improving chances for employment, helping families to access education, providing a safe space for parents to learn skills while their children are safe in a crèche, working with local providers to build confidence and self-esteem through building their knowledge and skill sets.
To supply parking signs to schools in Armley, Bramley & Stanningley and Kirkstall to encourage parents to park in a more responsible manner, making the area safer for children and their families.
Drug Watch Foundation (DWF) provides drug and alcohol awareness information packs and workshops to children up to 19 years in schools and colleges, across England and Wales, educating them about the dangers, laws, health and social implications of drug and alcohol abuse.
To provide a concrete pad and fencing to a recycling point in the Kirkstall Ward to make it safer and easier to use.
Armley Helping Hands relies on Trinity Network to enable them to fulfil their lunch club’s obligations, which are critical to the health and wellbeing of older people.
The kitchen at Dewsbury Road provides Armley Helping Hands with 1,280 meals per year. This funding will be used to buy the necessary new cookers for Dewsbury Road to enable our hot meals service to continue to flourish.
Community Committees hold at least four public meetings a year, where ward councillors make decisions about services and priorities for the local area.
Community Committees also host a series of workshops which consider issues that concern you and explore how you can influence decisions on things such as environmental improvements, community safety, health and wellbeing and employment.
The committee also allocates funding every year to both community projects and youth activities. Small grants of up to £350 and large grants over £350 are available.
Are you concerned about graffiti in the Burley area?
A public meeting has been organised by a concerned local resident living in the Lumleys area of Burley.
The meeting will be held on Tuesday 26th November 7.30pm-9pm at St Michael’s Church, St Michael’s Road.
There will be local councillors at the meeting, as well as representatives of the police and the council’s Environmental Enforcement team. The purpose of the meeting is to look at how the local community, police and council can work together to tackle the problem.
The meeting will focus on the top end of Burley – St Michael’s Lane, Beechwoods, Lumleys, Stanmore, Talbots etc.
There is a similar meeting at Headingley Heart on Thursday 28th November, organised by Headingley residents to look at the issues in their area.
A man has been arrested in connection with an attempted sex assault near a park in Farsley.
A man grabbed a woman and attempted to sexually assault her while she was walking in New Park Walk, near Hainsworth Park, at around 10.25pm on Saturday, November 16.
She managed to get away from the man and ring the police.
Police say the victim suffered minor injuries and was left shaken by the ordeal.
Officers investigating the attack have arrested a 37-year-old man, who is being questioned in police custody.
The force is still investigating the incident and appealing for witnesses and information. People can contact Leeds District CID via 101 quoting crime reference 13190589864 or call in the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
The suspect is a white male, aged late 20s to early 30s, average build. He was wearing a dark hoodie and trainers.
More than £4,400 in two pences was raised by the generous people of Pudsey on Children ion Need night.
Volunteers helped put together the outline of Pudsey Bear on the floor of Pudsey Leisure Centre’s sports hall last Friday. They filled at with two pences collected by generous volunteers as part of the Pudsey 2p Challenge.
“2p or not 2p…that is the question!” It’s @BBCCiN in the home of #Pudsey Bear. Find out what’s going on here after 4pm @BBCLeeds with @gayleoninterweb pic.twitter.com/Y6zeUxvz7B
— Charles Heslett (@CharlesHeslett) November 15, 2019
Event organiser Simon Seary said:
“Absolutely amazing, a massive thank you to everyone who supported, helped and contributed.
“We raised £4,408.90 in one day. A special thank you to the team at Pudsey Leisure Centre, who have supported us throughout.”
A West Leeds church group has been given a boost when it comes to supporting locals in need, thanks to Tesco’s Community Food Connection scheme, run in partnership with food charity FareShare.
Stanningley-based Oak Church Leeds offers supportive lunchtime clubs and foodbank sessions to local residents who are referred to the group in crisis.
Through Tesco’s Community Food Connection scheme the group receive contributions such as bread, pastries and sweet treats like doughnuts that go towards the group’s Connect Lunch Club every Monday (11am-1pm) and their foodbank sessions every Friday.
The group are part of the Places of Welcome Network: a growing local community group which wants to make sure everyone in the area has a place to go for a friendly face, a cup of tea and a conversation if and when they need it.
Jo White, part of the People’s Team at the Bradford Road church, said:
“Tesco’s Community Food Connection scheme directly supports up to 30 people in the local community each week by providing a free two-course healthy meal to those in need.
“Our main aim is to provide food for anyone who is in food poverty, as well as providing an opportunity for people to connect, build friendships and to combat loneliness.
“The donations supplement the Church’s contribution to the meal and enables us to serve more people and make higher quality, more nutritious meals that give a greater choice for our community members.
“We use the majority of our donations on the day that we collect them from Tesco, but anything we don’t use is kept fresh or frozen and used at the end of the week through our foodbank sessions, ensuring nothing goes to waste.
“We have the added advantage that we can make this available to our foodbank clients who wish to supplement their food parcel with items they would not otherwise receive.”
The Friday foodbank, which runs between 5pm and 7pm, helps around 40 to 50 people a week from a variety of backgrounds.
Grandmother of four Jo added:
“There is quite a wide age range of people who use it. Some are families, some are single parents with young children. Others are unemployed and people on benefits. And some are right up to retirement age.”
Nicola MacKay, Community Food Programmes Manager for Tesco, said:
“We’re proud to work with Oak Church Leeds, whose dedication to the community is amazing. They have already helped so many people, and we are so pleased to be working with them to assist even more people in need.”
Since launching in February 2016, Tesco’s Community Food Connection has donated surplus food to over 7,000 local charities and community groups.
The scheme pairs Tesco stores with local charities and community groups, alerting them to available unsold surplus food items in their local stores via a mobile app. This food can then be collected by charities and supplied to people in need, ensuring that no good food goes to waste.
Tesco are keen to hear from any charities which could benefit from this programme and would encourage any interested groups to get in touch with their local store or visit this website to register.
Leeds City Council has expanded the list of things that can be recycled in the green bins, writes Mindy Goose.
To update our readers about this, the West Leeds Dispatch has gathered information that will help you better understand what goes in your bins, when to put them out, what to do if there are no collections, and possibly answer other questions about refuse collections you didn’t know you had!
There is also a refuse and recycling app for your phone, with a link at the bottom, so you can recall some of this information in one handy app.
Our refuse is collected in accordance to the bin colour, it can often be confusing as to what can be placed in these bins, so here is a handy run down.
Leeds City Council have increased the number of items that you can place in your green bin.
Now included are Tetra Pak (such as fruit juice cartons), plastic type 5 (PP) – which include food containers that some fast food outlets use, margarine tubs and yoghurt pots.
The full list is:
You can generally find out what plastic is by looking at the little triangle with the number in, or with the code. These labels can be difficult to find so knowing what type of plastic it is helpful. There is a link at the bottom of the article that goes into this in much more detail.
Things to know:
The black bin is for household waste only (try to recycle as much as you can). But what isn’t household waste?
Don’t put items in the bin that are hazardous, too large or heavy, for example, gas bottles, motor vehicle parts, bricks or rubble, soil or large branches, hazardous waste such as batteries, low energy light bulbs and paints, syringes or needles.
The refuse collectors will not collect bins that cannot close, or extra bags left by the side.
Further information on items not collected roadside can be found in the links at the bottom of the article.
If you have a garden, chances are you have a brown bin. The brown bin collection is every forthright and between March and November. If you are unsure as to whether you have a collection in your area there is a link at the bottom of the article that gives further details (check your bin day).
So, what goes in the brown bins? General cuttings, clippings, leaves, twigs and small branches, weeds, fallen fruit.
And what should never be placed in the brown bin: food waste, compost, soil, and noxious weeds.
There is a link at the bottom of the article which goes into more detail, and explains what noxious weeds are.
Leeds City Council provides a free service to collect medical supplies, they will have to meet with you first, follow the link below to arrange a collection.
There is a handy link on the Leeds City Council website that allows you to input your postcode and find out when your bin day is for each coloured bin – this will also show you whether your area has a brown bin collection or not. Check out the link below.
What to do if they have not been collected
Sometimes you have all good intentions and put your bin out before 7am, but it hasn’t been emptied by the end of the day. What can you do? Leave your bin out for a further two days (the refuse crew work Monday to Saturday), and the refuse crew should hopefully come back and collect it. If it still hasn’t been collected, then you need to report it to the council. There is a handy link at the bottom of the article to do this.
If you continue to experience problems, then the council will contact you by the third occasion so that they can deal with the problem. Anything further to this, your councillor should hopefully be able to assist.
What to do with other waste that cannot be collected by the kerbside
Items that cannot be collected by the roadside can be taken to a recycling centre, or if relevant, bottle banks and bring sites.
There are two recycling centres in Leeds, one in on Kirkstall Road and one in Pudsey.
Recycling centres can only be accessed by vehicle, and you must have your Leeds resident permit with you.
If you do not have a car, then you can book an unwanted items collection (these visits are not free).
Before you book an unwanted items collection, think about donating to charities, there is a useful directory that the council has provided, and includes items you may not even of thought of such as paint that can be sent to Seagulls on Kirkstall Road. A link to this directory and other useful info can be found in a link below.
There is also a refuse and recycling app for your phone, with a link at the bottom, so you can recall some of this information in one handy app.
General Enquiries Leeds City Council 0113 222 4444
10 Things you didn’t know you can recycle https://www.recyclenow.com/recycling-knowledge/facts-and-info/10-things
All things plastic https://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/plastic-recycling
Green bins more information https://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/your-bins/green-recycling-bin
Black bins more information https://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/your-bins/black-bin
Brown Bins more information https://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/your-bins/brown-garden-waste-bin
Medical waste https://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/medical-waste
Check your bin day https://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/check-your-bin-day
What goes where http://www.whatgoeswhere.org.uk
Bin phone app https://datamillnorth.org/products/leeds-bins/
Missed bin collections https://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/your-bins/bin-collection-problems/missed-bin-collections
Bin Collection problems https://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/your-bins/bin-collection-problems
Recycling Centres https://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/recycling-sites
Booking an unwanted item collection https://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/book-an-unwanted-items-collection
Getting rid of unwanted items info and directory https://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/get-rid-of-unwanted-items
Words: John Baron
Photos: Keely Bannister
Revised plans to build houses on the site of a demolished historic building in Wortley have been submitted.
Three four-bedroom family houses could be built on the former Prospect House building, which was demolished in the summer.
The application comes after Leeds City Council earlier this year gave MJT Developments Ltd permission to convert the building into seven flats and erect four new dwellings on the Fawcett Lane site.
The new proposals essentially replace the flats element of the initial application.
The plans can be viewed in full here.
The 136-year-old building was demolished after it had fallen into “an extremely bad and dangerous state of decoration and repair”.
Detectives are investigating an attempted sexual assault on a woman in Farsley.
The female victim was walking through Hainsworth Park at around 10.25pm on Saturday, 16 November, when she walked onto New Park Walk when she was grabbed by a man who attempted to sexually assault her.
The woman managed to get away and call the police. She suffered minor injuries and was left shaken by the ordeal.
The suspect is a white male, aged late 20s to early 30s, average build. He was wearing a dark hoodie and trainers.
Detective Inspector Amanda Wimbles, of Leeds District CID, said:
“We are treating this incident very seriously and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. This was clearly a very upsetting ordeal for the victim and she is being supported by specially trained officers.
“We are carrying out a number of enquiries and are working closely with the local neighbourhood policing team to provide reassurance.”
Anyone with any information is asked to contact DC Box from the Leeds District CID team via 101 or use the live chat facility quoting log 1950 of 16 November or call in independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
It won’t be long now before Kirkstall Cloisters Christmas market opens for festive shoppers, writes Ramona Green.
If you find that you need to do a little more Christmas shopping, why not pick up some gifts from here and support your local community at the same time?
The fun begins on Friday, December 13 at 11am and carries on through until Sunday December 15 at 10.30pm. As the name suggests, it is being held at Kirkstall Abbey on Abbey Road, inside the cloisters.
Kirkstall Abbey, an abandoned Cistercian monastery that has obvious signs of being ravaged by time, is one of Leeds’ historical landmarks.
The perfect choice some might say for a “Magical Spectacular”, words used to describe this year’s market by Adele Rae, Kirkstall Valley Development Trust’s community director.
Ms Rae said all of the stalls, workshops and bar will be undercover in marquees.
There will be craft and gift stalls as well as craft workshops for both adults and children, singalongs, messy play from Little Learners, independent food providers and live music throughout the day and into the evening.
The Cloisters Bar will be serving mulled wine, special cocktails and the hugely popular hand-pulled ales from Kirkstall Brewery.
KVDT stepped in at the last minute to organise and run the 2019 Christmas Market after another provider had to pull out.
Ms Rae said they are grateful for help and support from Abbey staff and Kirkstall Festival.
Their main objective for doing this is to “bring local communities together and supporting our local people and their talents.”
It is also a fantastic bonus that all funds raised from this event will go straight to KVDT and the “running of Unit 11 (on the Bridge Shopping Centre) which offers a range of affordable activities for all ages”.
The whole affair is volunteer-run and KVDT would be delighted to welcome new volunteers to help out before, during and after the Christmas Market or for any other of the exciting projects they are working on to improve the Kirkstall Valley.
If you would like to know more about the organisation you can visit the KVDT website or follow them on Facebook @Unit11kvdt.
Tickets are available online here.
Contact Adele Rae if you are interested in volunteering or have any ideas in regards to Kirkstall Christmas market 2019.
E-mail adele.rae@kvdt.org.uk or call 07900 986570.
Bramley Community Centre will be the location for a special event being held on Tuesday 19th November to mark International Men’s Day, writes Keely Bannister.
Taking place from 2pm to 5pm, the free event has an action packed schedule including:
The event is jointly organised by Better Together in West Leeds and West Leeds Men’s Network, who will be providing free food and refreshments.
