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Samuel Port

Businessman fumes that Meanwood in Leeds 'is not Meanwood anymore' - and is set to get worse

New road changes will “kill” small businesses and be the final nail in the coffin for the once idyllic "small village" of Meanwood, according to a launderette owner and dry cleaner.

Abdul Aziz, who’s owned Bright Wash Laundrette & Dry Cleaners since 1985, says Leeds City Council proposals would be the final death knell for trade in the Leeds suburb - which he claims has already gone downhill.

The 65-year-old has thrown fury at plans to completely transform the Stonegate and Meanwood Road junctions, removing it even further from the small village he knew in the mid-80s.

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