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And now, with the prospect of many hundreds of thousands of pounds needed to make it accessible to all, some councillors are saying enough is enough. Half of the town council believes the centre should be kept on for another couple of years, but that another centre should be built - somewhere else in the town.

They suggest a single-storey centre on the Ashfield Works site would be ideal. And so it would, but at what cost? And who is likely to pay?

Then there's the city council, which owns the site, to tackle - a public building in place of lucrative houses might not be what it had in mind.

The other half of the council points out the centre, for all its faults, is the focus of the town and should remain so. It might need thousands spending on it, but it is an old building that has been left to deteriorate for years.

As for the civic centre, well, that naturally would be snapped up by an office or housing developer who would instantly spot its potential. Of course, the occupants of the offices or flats would have to not mind not having any parking and in the case of offices, they would have already checked out all the other available offices in the town.

Education Leeds has played down parents' concerns that the reduction in Yeadon school places from 60 to 30 will be an issue when South View Infants and Junior schools are amalgamated.

The school places will be halved because of statistics from Leeds City Council suggesting that the birth rate in Yeadon is unlikely to rise and is set to decrease further.

At a public meeting held for residents, numerous people raised the point of what would happen if the birth rate rose and there were no places for the children.

Education Leeds pacified the issue by agreeing to review the places on a yearly basis and if necessary build an extension if the situation changed.

But the two other Yeadon schools are reaching their maximum intake each year and with the reduction of places it will leave no room for extra places if there is an overflow.