Morley councillors say they have now agreed a finance deal with Metro and Northern Trains to put in CCTV at the town's train station.

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The project to install cameras at the station will be good news for commuters, whose cars have been preyed upon by thieves when they have parked in the station's car park.

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Coun Robert Finnigan, who has campaigned for the CCTV programme, said: "I am delighted we have been able to get the permission and the finance for this project.

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"Many people use Morley Station for work and to travel around locally but it can be a lonely location and they have been problems in the past with parked cars being broken into. This scheme should make the station a safer place."

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He said the CCTV project had received the go-ahead from Network Rail and work should begin in spring.

The station operates 24 hours a day and has 15 car parking spaces which will be under the watchful eye of the new cameras once the scheme is in place. New cameras at the station will be a big step in a drive to have more CCTV installed across Morley that has been ongoing for a number of
years.

The YEP previously reported how local councillors have been campaigning for greater coverage around the south Leeds town.

After a first phase of cameras were put in place in 2002, councillors said the town had experienced a significant drop in crime in the areas covered by CCTV and appealed for more cash from other bodies to fund increased coverage.

It is thought that each camera costs around £25,000 to install then another £5,000 in running costs each year.