by

Neighbourhood Police Update W/C 30th April and 7th May 2012

Crime: Excellent news with no crime to report.

ASB: No incidents to report.

S.I.D has been deployed on Adel Lane on the 6th where 7 vehicles were exceeding the limit.

News in Brief – from Monday 7th to Sunday 13th May 

Faithwatch
No incidents of note to report this week.

Farmwatch 
No incidents of note to report this week. Please be vigilant and report any suspicious activity.

Crime 
There have been two reported attempted house burglaries in the Adel area this week. Both incidents occurred on Adel Park Gardens. The offenders were unsuccessful and entry was not gained. Arrests have been made – see Arrests of note below. Enquiries are ongoing.

One reported theft from a vehicle this week. This occurred at Lawnswood Cemetery. The front passenger window was smashed and property stolen.

*** Please do not leave any property on display in your vehicle ***

ASB
There have been no reports of anti social behaviour this week in the Adel area.

S.I.D
The Speed Indication Device has not been deployed in the Adel area this week.

Arrests of Note
Two adult males from the Leeds area have been arrested on suspicion of two attempted burglaries on Adel Park Gardens that occurred earlier this week.

For full police report of North West Outer NPT please click here…

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.

by

West North West Homes Leeds Place Making Strategy

We have been sent the information below which may be of interest to you.

As an involved customer you are well placed to give valuable insight into the service we provide and to tell us if we are meeting our objectives in terms of the service we provide.

Because of this we are very keen to have your feedback on the attached West North West Homes Leeds Place Making Strategy.

Please could you return completed forms to Lynne.Hamshaw@wnwhl.org.uk by Tuesday 8th May.

Thank you.

Please feel free to share this information with your friends on Facebook.

by

Neighbourhood Police Update W/c 23rd April 2012

Faithwatch
No incidents to report.

Farmwatch 
Two males driving a 4×4 vehicle were warned in relation to Poaching Offences in the Kings Road area of Bramhope. Local farms visited and made aware. Plant equipment was stolen during the night from a construction site on Edison Way in Guiseley.  .  An item of Plant Machinery was stolen from the rear of a Heavy Goods Vehicle that was parked on Manor Square, Yeadon. There have been 4 reports of vehicle crime in Otley, these have occurred on Leeds Road where fuel was stolen from the fuel tanks of two commercial vehicles and a further vehicle had fuel stolen whilst parked on Albion Street.  Vehicle parts were stolen from a vehicle parked on Cross Green.

Please be vigilant and report any suspicious activity.

Crime
There has been one reported house burglary in the last week which occurred on The Crescent where entry was gained via an insecure door. There has been no reported Vehicle Crime.

Arrests of note
A 28 year old male from Bramley has been arrested for a burglary that occurred on Back Church Lane mid April, further enquiries continue.

A 21 year old male from Harehills has been arrested for a burglary that occurred on The Crescent, he is currently on bail.

ASB no incidents to report although a report of cars congregating late in the evening in the car park at the side of St John the Baptist School has been received, we will monitor.

For full police report of North West Outer NPT please click here…

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.

by

OPAL (Older People’s Action in the Locality) Spring News

Spring into Action with OPAL

The Craft Group re-started on 20th April and further sessions are planned 1.30-3.3Opm on Friday afternoons 4th & 18th May, and 1st & 15th June at the OPAL Office. This friendly group is led by instructor Sandra who will explain different Craft techniques. To find out more about the group, speak to Margot Broadley or phone the OPAL Office.

The Keep Fit Group continues on Wednesday mornings, starting at 11am at the Stables, Rita Savage writes ‘I do enjoy going to this group where Camilla leads us through an hour of activity.  We wear non-slip shoes & trousers and tops. Members can sit out some exercises and join in when they feel able to do so. We start with chair-based exercises, followed by 20 minutes of movement to music.’

The next OPAL coach trip is on Monday 28th May to Harlow Carr RHS Garden,Harrogate, 11am-4pm. Some of us plan to take a picnic lunch and explore this 58 acre garden and view the changes including the new Alpine House and Rose Revolution Borders. Harlow Carr has the UK’s longest streamside garden, plus woodland, wildflower meadows and kitchen gardens. The OPAL trip on the 20th June is to Windermere.

The Men’s Group are off to Cannon Hall Farm 10.30am- 3pm on Monday 14th May for a visit and lunch. This is a lovely Country House, park, museum, gardens and farm – for a May day out in Cawthorne, Barnsley.

The Theatre Group have 2 visits planned to W Yorkshire Playhouse on 19th May ‘The Real Thing’ and on 26th May ‘Napoli’.

The Creative Writing Group is a community group meeting in Holt Park Library – anyone can come along and join us. We meet next on Monday 21st May 2pm- 3.30pm. The previous meeting was an interesting workshop with Leeds-based poet and playwright, Peter Spafford. We talked about Olympic Truce, and Peter encouraged us to write a short poem and enter it in the Leeds Peace Poetry Competition 2012. We do appreciate having the library open and activities arranged.

The Coffee Afternoons are on Fridays 1.3Opm-3.30pm at The Hub, 10 Silk Mill Drive, LS16 6DX. If you would like more details of any of the above activities, call the OPAL Office 0113 261 9103.

           Val Crompton