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1st September 2019

NEWS

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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 type to be granted in Leeds to tackle this specific problem, a Premises…

19th September 2017

FOOD AND DRINK

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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 on Queen Square. During the inspection, three contraventions of food safety were found.…

25th July 2017

NEWS

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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 from breaking rules on overcrowding at his property on High Cliffe, Headingley, Leeds…

14th July 2017

FOOD AND DRINK

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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, owned by Mr Ansar Ali. During the inspection, five contraventions of food safety…

13th July 2017

FOOD AND DRINK

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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 number of issues that had been raised by members of Leeds City Council’s…

12th July 2017

CRIME

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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 Act 1990, of not ensuring that the person which he alleged had been…

15th May 2017

CRIME

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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 £1818 costs and a £40 victim surcharge after being found guilty at Leeds…

15th May 2017

CRIME

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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 being found guilty at Leeds Magistrates Court on Friday 5 May of operating…

11th May 2017

CRIME

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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 waste illegally. The new powers came into force in November 2016 and provide…

22nd February 2017

FOOD AND DRINK

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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, fined for waste control offences, last Friday (17 February) at Leeds magistrates court…

14th February 2017

CRIME

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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 separate charges of conducting an unlicensed collection in a public place. He was…

23rd December 2016

CRIME

1 min read

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 of £697.57) at Leeds Magistrates Court after being found of contravening two dog…

19th December 2016

CRIME

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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 £60 at Leeds Magistrates Court after pleading guilty this month to four offences…

23rd November 2016

CRIME

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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 offences of allowing his vehicle to be used for fly-tipping and one charge…

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Leeds city centre restaurant operator fined for poor food hygiene standards

Overcrowding prosecution delivers firm message to rogue landlords

South Leeds pizza bar owner fined for failure to follow food hygiene standards

Morley takeaway owner hit with large fine following food hygiene investigation

Resident hit with fly-tipping fine, foul stench and flies leads to big fine for mini market

Leeds business smoked out with shisha bar conviction

Leeds skin piercer feels the pinch after failing to register services

On the spot fines issued to unscrupulous waste dumpers, landowner fined for letting dangerous waste build up near nursery

Dixy Chicken falls ‘fowl’ of the law for a second time

Unlicensed Leeds cancer charity collector fined

South Leeds resident hit with bigger fine after ignoring dog-fouling fixed penalty notice

Beeston resident guilty of fly-tipping hit with three-month curfew

Van owner hit with fly-tipping fine following court action by Leeds City Council

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