Tag: Mark Burns-Williamson

Police & Crime Commissioner visits Middleton Elderly Aid

Mark-Burns Williamson who is the Police & Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire visited our Social Centre last Saturday (25 January 2020) to see what a difference the Safer Communities Fund Grant we received from them had made to us. We had been having a lot of vandalism on our new

Keep safe from rogue traders

A new multi-agency task force, the West Yorkshire Financial Exploitation and Abuse Team (WYFEAT), comprising of professionals from Trading Standards, Police and Social Services, has been set up to investigate doorstep crime and safeguards victims. It has recently secured prison sentences against prolific rogue traders operating in West Yorkshire. Robert

Asda and planners under fire at Beeston Forum

After last month’s poor performance, Asda once again found themselves in the firing line at Beeston Community Forum on Thursday (5 March 2015). A packed meeting heard that despite assurances at the previous meeting that Asda would “fully consult with the forum in future”, a further planning application has been

Middleton Police team move into St George’s Centre

Politicians, senior officers and local residents were on hand to welcome the Middleton Park neighborhood policing team to their new home at the St George’s Centre in the heart of Middleton. Inspector Chris Bowen who has charge of our three wards in South Leeds introduced PC Matt Pashley and Sergeant

Beeston Forum debates Ice Pak, Health and Policing

  There was another lively debate about Aspiring Communities’ planning application for the Ice Pak site on Barkly Road at last night’s Beeston Community Forum (2 January 2014). Chair Christine Thornton explained that the Forum had submitted a letter of objection to the application and that the deadline for comments

Hamara Centre hosts Islamophobia debate

  Young people who no longer use the name Mohammed in their job applications and don’t refer to Beeston in their address. Women being verbally abused and having their hijabs (headscarves) pulled off in the street. These were the real examples of Islamophobia today in South Leeds that Hanif Malik,

Unity Housing Association AGM

  On Wednesday 11 September 2013, Unity Housing Association held its Annual General Meeting at the Hamara Healthy Living Centre, in Beeston. The AGM was opened by the chair of Unity Karen Morley, who welcomed everyone and thanked them for supporting this event. This was followed by the CEO of

Policing Football, Alcohol and Grooming discussed at Beeston Forum

Mark Burns-Williamson, the Police & Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire addressed the Beeston Community Forum last Thursday. The hot topic was the court decision that Leeds United did not have to pay for policing outside the ground at Elland Road. Mr Burns-Williamson revealed that the cost ranged from £40,000 to