Leeds today: Rodley clean-up, Headingley hole and do unelected bureaucrats run Leeds?

Good morning, Leeds. Today, 24 Yorkshire Water staff will spend the day volunteering on the Leeds waterfront at Rodley with British Waterways and Aire Action Leeds. Volunteers will be working to make improvements on the Leeds – Liverpool Canal corridor as part of the Leeds Year of Volunteering 'environment' month to help increase the number of volunteer hours in 2010. For more information on Aire Action Leeds and other volunteer opportunities, please contact Rachel Clunas, Aire Action Leeds Project Officer, on 0113 281 6804 or email [email protected] . Here's what's making Leeds tick today Who runs Leeds, our elected councillors, or unelected bureaucrats at the Planning Department? is the title of a post over at Hyde Park and Woodhouse Online following the council's recent decision to defer a decision on controversial proposals to build homes on the Leeds Girls High School site. Hole under the road in Headingley: "Might have been there for years…" is the title of a post on the Stephen B – Stand up tall blog. The hole, on Otley Road, caused severe traffic problems at last night's rush hour. The council issued an urgent road closure notice late yesterday afternoon and Metro issued details of bus diversions here . There's a report on BBC Leeds . For the latest on the No2Incinerator campaign in south-east Leeds, go to the group's blog. The next meeting of the Friends of Kirkgate Market will be held on September 8 at 6pm at the Victoria Pub, Great George Street. You can still sign the Kirkgate Market petition here. The group also has a Facebook page . The Carriageworks is launching an impressive new autumn season, writes Dick Bonham for Creative Boom Leeds . Dick writes on the same blog that The West Yorkshire Playhouse is celebrating the 50th anniversary of a classic stage production from Leeds as they present Billy Liar this autumn. There's a ever-growing number of galleries - 16 at the last count - featuring pictures of last month's Kirkstall Festival over at Kirkstall Online . Mum-of-three Danielle Sapherson says that developers have put her children's lives at risk and turned her street into a building site, reports the YEP . Police in Leeds have issued an e-fit of a man they want to trace following an indecent exposure incident in Armley. The next Leeds Social Media Surgery is on Tuesday, 7 September, at The Round Foundry Media Centre. Leeds Indie Radio has announced a new sponsor - and a new studio! Bridgewater Place in Leeds is comparable to Chicago's Aqua skyscraper - so says Jamie Simpson . Do you have news, views or events to share? Feel free add them to the comments below or contact me by email or on Twitter @GdnLeeds .