Extra powers granted to council and police to tackle unlicensed car meet events on south Leeds road
Additional powers have been granted to Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Police to tackle a range of anti-social behaviour problems being created by unlicensed ‘car meet’ events on a south Leeds road. In what is the first closure of this
Leeds city centre restaurant operator fined for poor food hygiene standards
An operator of a Leeds city centre restaurant has received a fine of over £700 after pleading guilty to a number of food hygiene offences. This follows officers of Leeds City Council’s Environmental Health Team undertaking an inspection of Bar Red
Overcrowding prosecution delivers firm message to rogue landlords
A landlord who squeezed 11 tenants into a property only equipped for seven has been ordered to pay over £29,000 at Leeds Magistrates’ Court following a prosecution brought by Leeds City Council. Matthew Corrie from Edinburgh not only attempted to profiteer
South Leeds pizza bar owner fined for failure to follow food hygiene standards
The owner of a pizza takeaway in Hunslet has been fined over £4,800 after admitting a range of food hygiene offences. This follows an inspection by Leeds City Council’s Environmental Health Team of Sky Pizza Bar on Dewsbury Road in Hunslet,
Morley takeaway owner hit with large fine following food hygiene investigation
A takeaway owner in Morley has received a large fine after pleading guilty to various food hygiene offences. This follows the then owner at the time of China Orchid on Britannia Road, Mr Wei Zhong Yang, failing to address immediately a
Resident hit with fly-tipping fine, foul stench and flies leads to big fine for mini market
A Leeds resident has been hit with a large fly-tipping fine after approximately 750kg of waste was illegally dumped. Mr Peter Gilroy of King Lane, Moortown, pleaded guilty at Leeds Magistrates Court for one offence in relation to the Environmental Protection
Leeds business smoked out with shisha bar conviction
A Burmantofts business has been prosecuted by Leeds City Council for operating as a shisha bar allowing smoking in enclosed premises. The owner of Fabylon at 11A Cherry Row in Burmantofts, Mr Brwa Ahmed, was fined £440 and ordered to pay
Leeds skin piercer feels the pinch after failing to register services
A skin piercer has been successfully prosecuted by Leeds City Council for refusing to register his services. Mr John Powell (also known as Jonny Demonic Doll) was fined £220 and ordered to pay £1850 costs and a £30 victim surcharge after
On the spot fines issued to unscrupulous waste dumpers, landowner fined for letting dangerous waste build up near nursery
People who dump waste in Leeds are being warned they could be hit with an on-the-spot £300 fine. Using powers from government legislation which came into force last year, Leeds City Council has been taking on-the-spot action against people who dump
Dixy Chicken falls ‘fowl’ of the law for a second time
A Leeds city centre fast food outlet has been prosecuted for a second time in one month by Leeds City Council. Following a successful prosecution earlier this month which saw the former owner of Dixy Chicken on New Briggate, Aqueel Ahmed,
Unlicensed Leeds cancer charity collector fined
A man has been fined by magistrates after repeatedly claiming to be collecting for a cancer charity near big public events in Leeds without a licence. Richard Charles Matthews, of Stanley Road, Burmantofts, was found guilty at Leeds Magistrates Court of five
South Leeds resident hit with bigger fine after ignoring dog-fouling fixed penalty notice
A Middleton resident has received a much larger fine after failing to pay a fixed dog-fouling penalty notice. Peter Coulson of Throstle Terrace was ordered to pay in total £947.57 (£220 fine, a surcharge of £30, and costs to the council
Beeston resident guilty of fly-tipping hit with three-month curfew
A resident of Beeston has been hit with a three-month curfew and a financial penalty after pleading guilty to a number of fly-tipping offences. Mr Yadson Barroso of Westbourne Avenue was ordered to pay £200 towards costs and a surcharge of
Van owner hit with fly-tipping fine following court action by Leeds City Council
A resident whose van was used to illegally fly-tip rubbish has been hit with a fine of over £4,000 following court action by Leeds City Council. Alex Wormald of Cowper Street, pleaded guilty at Leeds Magistrates Court this week to five