Day: 17 April 2013

Elland Road: Park and ride consultation could start soon

A public consultation exercise over creating the city’s first major park and ride scheme at Elland Road could begin next month. Senior councillors in Leeds will debate the proposal to introduce the scheme at the executive board meeting to be held at Civic Hall next Wednesday. Should they give approval,

Marchers To Call For No Bedroom Tax Evictions

Campaigners opposed to the Bedroom Tax will march in Leeds this Saturday. The group Hands Off Our Homes have organised the demonstration and expect 1,000 people to join them. The so-called “Bedroom Tax” is a reduction in Housing Benefit for households who are deemed to have “too many” bedrooms. It

South Leeds Roundup: Runners, Readers and Railways

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Let’s start this week with the excellent Facebook page, Amber’s Autism Awareness, which is two shy of 100 “Likes”: “Autism parent fact – you have moments of extreme guilt. Are you giving your