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Leeds City Council’s £1 million housing crisis

Leeds City Council has spent just more than £1m on providing emergency accommodation for the homeless in the last year, the Yorkshire Evening Post can reveal.

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show the £1m spent by the council in 2012/13 was nearly twice the £540,000 from the previous year.

The cost been rising since 2010/11 – when it stood at £209,000 – as the housing crisis continues to deepen in the economic downturn.

Residents are put into emergency accommodation when deemed homeless in what is meant to be a temporary move – but figures show people have been going months without a proper home. One stay racked up 46 weeks in 2012/13, costing a total of £36,463.

To read more, please click on this link:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/leeds-city-council-s-1-million-housing-crisis-1-6351593

Adel Crag added: Please bring this information to the attention of your friends and neighbours who may not have access to the internet.

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Adel Weekly Crime Statistics for week commencing 18th December 2013

Police WomenAdel Weekly Crime Statistics for week commencing 18th December 2013

Burglary Dwelling: 1

Robbery: 1

Theft from Motor Vehicle: 1

Theft of Motor Vehicle: 0

Criminal Damage: 0

Burglary

The Drive – Person/s approach front of house and use bodily force on the window frame which is held open with a plastic latch, snap latch and leave window insecure.

Theft From Motor Vehicle

Church Lane – Vehicle is parked on driveway, entry is gained and property stolen.

Robbery

Oaklea Hall Close – Persons/s force their way into property, make a search and demand property, Person/s make off, one male is later arrested.

Please share this news with your friends on Facebook and help keep everyone in the local area informed of what is happening in our community.

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Leeds council tax set to rise as cuts bite

Leeds Town HallLeeds householders have been handed a council tax bombshell just two weeks before Christmas.

Plans to increase the local levy by two per cent next year, following a three-year freeze, were revealed last night by Leeds city council. Another 274 jobs at the authority are also set to be slashed to cut running costs.

Council leader Coun Keith Wakefield admitted it was a “dire financial situation”. He said: “We cannot continue to freeze council tax as it reduces our income to the point where it threatens our ability to support even the services we must provide by law.”

The current council tax for a band D property in Leeds is £1,316.39. A two-percent rise would equate to £26. The council has suffered Government grant reductions of £94m over the past three years, with £36m to be cut next year,

To read more, please click on this link:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/leeds-council-tax-set-to-rise-as-cuts-bite-1-6307866

Adel Crag added: Please bring this information to the attention of your friends and neighbours who may not have access to the internet.

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Adel Bulb Bonanza

DaffodilsAdel Primary School and local resident’s plant a selection of spring bulbs at the junction of Tile Lane and Sir George Martin Drive.

First frost of the year saw a small number of local residents and young students of Adel Primary plant approximately 500 spring bulbs including daffodils and crocuses.

It was a great pleasure to see our local Ward Councillor Barry Anderson who was on hand to assist in the planting of the bulbs.

Young students who are in the gardening club run by Mrs Rebecca Walton worked so well with much enthusiasm and joy.

The local residents involved wish to thank Rebecca Walton and the young students for their hard efforts in helping in planting the bulbs.  It will be lovely for them to see the flowers come up in future years.

Bulbs provided by Groundwork Leeds, ASDA and Adel Crag Community Association.

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Neighbourhood Watch Alert from Leeds Police

Spam AlertWe have been made aware by the National Cyber Crime Unit of an ongoing mass email spamming event (see below). We have been asked to circulate this message to raise the awareness of this kind of scam. Further information is available from the National Crime Agency (NCA) website on the link provided below.

“The National Cyber Crime Unit in the NCA is currently aware of an ongoing mass email spamming event. Individuals, and particularly small and medium sized companies are receiving emails that appear to be from banks and other financial institutions – these carry an attachment appearing to be correspondence linked to the message.

However, the file is malware that can install a piece of “ransomeware” known as Cryptolocker, which works by encrypting the user’s files on the infected machine and the local network it is attached to. Once encrypted, the computer will display a splash screen with a count down timer and a demand for the payment of 2 Bitcoins in ransom (Approx £536 as at 15/11/2013) for the decryption key. 

In response, the NCA offers a range of advice which includes the need for the public to be aware of the threat and not to click on any such attachment. Further information is available on the NCA website”

Adel Crag added: Please share this information with your friends on Facebook and help keep everyone informed of what is happening.