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Landlord pays price for mismanagement of Beeston rental property

On 23 December 2025 By Press Release

A successful prosecution has underlined Leeds City Council’s determination to tackle rogue private sector landlords and the issues they cause for their beleaguered tenants. The council brought the prosecution against the landlord of a private rental property in the Dewsbury Road area of Beeston after he failed to address a

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A Message To The Surplus Population

On 13 April 202513 April 2025 By Bruce Davies

It is time to suspend our belief and start looking to the things that we have always considered as fantasy. There are indeed difficult decisions to be made and they are being made on our behalf by and for the benefit of those who have less distance to fall if it all goes wrong.

We must not allow ourselves to be assigned the future of a surplus population.

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Fourth conviction for rogue Beeston landlord

On 25 November 201929 December 2019 By Press Release

Landlord Jack Collins of Woodlea Road, Yeadon, has been hit with court fines for a fourth time for failing to properly manage his rental properties. On 18 November 2019, Mr Collins was found guilty and ordered to pay £25,324.60 within two months for failing to maintain a property on Sefton

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“Deficient” landlord fined £20,000 for unsafe property

On 10 May 2019 By Jeremy Morton

Landlord Jack Collins has been in court again for the poor state of his Beeston properties. This time he will be £20,000 out of pocket after failing to protect the safety of his tenants in a house in multiple occupation (HMO) on Sefton Avenue. Collins appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court

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Court brands private landlord’s property a ‘disgrace’

On 15 February 201810 May 2019 By Jeremy Morton

A rogue landlord has been fined twice in the space of two months for failing to provide a suitable standard of living for tenants at two of his rented properties – and is now nearly £14,000 out of pocket. In the latest case, Jack Collins of Woodlea Road Leeds 19

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Heavy fines for messy gardens

On 25 August 2017 By Jeremy Morton

South Leeds residents slapped with heavy fines after garden waste lands them in a mess Complaints about waste piling up in two Leeds gardens has resulted in two local residents being fined this week. Council officers had to step in when fed-up local people reported waste that had been accumulating

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Beeston tenants set to lose their homes

On 21 March 201724 March 2017 By Jeremy Morton

Scores of households on an estate in Beeston are facing eviction as the new owners impose steep rent rises. Last November South Leeds Life reported on the sale of the estate – Kirk Beston Close and Cross Heath Grove. New owners PlaceFirst have decided to refurbish the estate to an

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Hunslet pub Going for Gold

On 16 November 201516 November 2015 By Ed Carlisle

Landmark Hunslet pub the Parnaby Tavern has – for the second time running – been shortlisted for the prestigious Yorkshire Evening Post Pub of the Year award. And having come second last time, they’re looking to go one better this year – but need our help, this week! South Leeds