What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Following Storm Ciara, West Yorkshire Trading Standards is warning householders to be extra vigilant if approached by traders offering to carry out property repairs as a result of storm damage. Trading Standards is concerned rogue traders could knock on doors offering to carry out property repairs such as damaged roofing
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
West Yorkshire Police joined with partners to mark the national Operation Rogue Trader. As part of the operation police and partners including Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and West Yorkshire Trading Standards went to an address on Fox Way, Hunslet where they found a caravan that had been reported
Be careful of tradesmen who come to your door telling you that you need your roof or guttering doing quickly. There seems to be a spate of these people operating in Beeston just lately. We’ve had three in the space of a fortnight. The last one who came nearly hammered