Month: October 2013

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Leeds street identified as one of worst in country for potholes

PotholesNews of King Lane’s unwanted title emerged as a separate YEP investigation revealed that council bosses in Leeds have forked out more than £500,000 in compensation to people injured because of poorly-maintained pavements.

A total of £526,449 was paid to the personal injury claimants by cash-strapped Leeds City Council over the course of the last four financial years.

The council received 1,167 claims for compensation for injuries related to uneven or neglected pavements during the same period, although it is not clear how many of those were successful.

The pavement payouts have been criticised by the TaxPayers’ Alliance while concerns have also been voiced by campaigners for people with sight loss problems, who could find damaged surfaces tricky to negotiate.

Today, though, the council defended its record on keeping the city’s highways safe for pedestrians and motorists alike.

To read more, please click on this link:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/leeds-street-identified-as-one-of-worst-in-country-for-potholes-1-6130564

Adel Crag added: Please share this news with your friends on Facebook and help keep everyone in the local area informed of what is happening.

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Vandals Targeting Leeds Trolleybus Signs

TrolleybusTransport chiefs fear their information blitz about the Leeds trolleybus scheme is being derailed by a dirty tricks campaign.

Around 70 per cent of official notices placed on lamp-posts to give people more details on the project have been vandalised or removed in one part of Headingley.

Many of the notices – which are printed on weather-proof paper that is designed to be difficult to rip – have been repeatedly defaced with anti-trolleybus slogans.

The signs are being put up to let residents know how they can have their say on the latest stage of plans for the New Generation Transport (NGT) trolleybus system.

NGT project director Dave Haskins said: “It seems that some of NGT’s opponents in the Headingley area are determined that their fellow residents should not be able to express their views on the scheme.

To read more, please click on this link:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/vandals-targeting-leeds-trolleybus-signs-1-6126380

Adel Crag added: Please share this news with your friends on Facebook and help keep everyone in the local area informed of what is happening.

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OPAL Older People’s Action in the Locality – October News

We have recently received funding from Comic Relief to help us continue our Coffee Afternoons for another year and also to give our volunteers extra training.  We have also had help from the West North West Inner Area Committee to help set up a Luncheon Club, every Monday at Oxenford Court, off New Adel Lane, and to fund our new Community Worker Amy Robinson to manage the Luncheon Club and run the Ireland Wood Coffee Afternoons on Thursdays 10th & 24th October 2-4pm at St Paul’s Church, Raynel Drive LS16 6BS. On the 24th Oct we will be showing the Ping Pong film about the over 80s Table Tennis Championships!

The Tinshill Coffee Afternoons continue during October and November on Fridays 1.30-3.30pm at The Hub, Silk Mill Drive LS16 6DX.  On 11th Oct Listen or read out short stories: 18th Oct Enjoyment through Song; 25th Oct Have a go at Table Tennis!

The OPAL Men’s Group meets once a month and uses accessible transport. On Monday 14th Oct 11.30am-2.30pm we are going to have a meal at the Cow & Calf Pub, overlooking Ilkley Moor. On 4th Nov 11.30am-2.30pm we are going to The Britannia in Pudsey.

OPAL Tea Dances are held at Adel & Ireland Wood Community Centre, New Adel Lane on Tuesdays 8th & 22nd Oct and 5th Nov; 2-4pm £2.50, includes a refreshment break. Come and dance or you can just sit and watch and enjoy the music.

The Bramhope Meeting Point is on Thursdays 2pm-4pm at Bramhope Methodist Church.  With 3rd Oct History of Canals; 10th Oct Puzzle Words; 17th Oct Ping Pong film; 24th Oct Poetry for Autumn; 31st Oct Seeking the Aurora.

The October Trip is on Mon 7th Oct 10am– 4.30pm to visit Thirsk with the market & James Herriot Museum to visit. There is a waiting list for this event.

The Creative Writing Group meets 2pm on  21st Oct; the Inter-generational Choir, Keep-Fit and Theatre Groups, Carers & Shopping Trips continue—phone OPAL Office for details 261 9103, or see http://www.opal-project.org.uk

Val Crompton