Tag: West Yorkshire Fire Service

Children’s charity bake sale raises £600

Six girls from Middleton are setting a great example in their community after organising a charity bake sale on Saturday (28 April 2018). Friends Rosie, Lily, Hallie, Evie, Evie and Cerys style themselves as the Willowdale Girlz Club and for their first activity they decided to run the charity event.

Multi-agency operation tackles rogue landlords in Beeston

Leeds City Council, working with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) and other partners across the city, carried out an operation on Dewsbury Road last week as part of a scheme tackling rogue landlords. The multi-agency operation was targeting fire safety, environmental health and standards of accommodation, as well

Hunslet Fire station wins reprieve from closure

Fire chiefs have performed a u-turn and have decided to keep Hunslet Fire Station on Dewbury Road open. The original recommendation put forward by Chief Fire Officer Simon Pilling was to close both Morley and Hunslet fire stations and merge them at a site in between the two, with the

Councillors debate Hunslet Fire Station closure plans and trolleybus

Councillors have given a mixed reaction to controversial proposals to axe Hunslet Fire Station and merge it with one in Morley. A proposal announced last month could see Morley’s station on Corporation Street close, along with Hunslet Fire Station on Dewsbury Road. The stations would then be merged and relocated on a

Poll: Should Hunslet and Morley fire stations be merged?

As you may have heard, Hunslet Fire Station could close under proposals being recommended by West Yorkshire’s chief fire officer. The proposal could see the Dewsbury Road station close, along with  Morley’s station on Corporation Street. The stations would then be merged and relocated on a site midway between the two current