Gregory's Roman Catholic Church and was closed in 2011. The Staging Post public house is on Swarcliffe Avenue/Whinmoor Way. Transport and infrastructure Public transport in Swarcliffe is coordinated by West Yorkshire Metro. The nearest rail station is Cross Gates station. Bus links from Swarcliffe to other areas are operated by First Leeds. The nearest international airport is Leeds Bradford Airport, which is away. Built in 1973, Stanks Fire Station is on Sherburn Road. Under the control of the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, its 24 firefighters provide a service to more than 42,452 people, covering approximately . Policing is provided by West Yorkshire Police, operating from Killingbeck police station. There are currently no dentists' practices or doctors' surgeries in the Swarcliffe area, although the Windmill Health Centre is just outside the north-west boundary, on Mill Green View, and the Seacroft Dental Practice is on York Road, Seacroft. Swarcliffe library on Langbar Road was recently closed; it will be replaced with a mobile library. Leeds City Council is responsible for providing all statutory local authority services in the area. These include: education, housing, planning, transport and highways, social services, libraries, leisure and recreation, waste collection, waste disposal, environmental health and revenue collection. Yorkshire Water manages the area's drinking and waste water. Northern Gas Networks distributes gas, and CE Electric UK distributes electricity from the national transmission system to customers in Yorkshire. Media As well as national newspapers, Swarcliffe is served by the daily Yorkshire Post, and an evening paper, the Yorkshire Evening Post (YEP). The Leeds Weekly News is a free publication, also produced by Yorkshire Post Newspapers in four geographic versions, which is distributed to households in the main urban areas of the city. Seacroft Today is an internet site, funded by the Yorkshire Evening Post, which features news specifically about Seacroft, Whinmoor and Swarcliffe. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Leeds, 96.3 Radio Aire, Magic 828, Capital Yorkshire, and East Leeds FM, which was started in 2003, by students from John Smeaton Community College in neighbouring Manston. BBC Television and ITV have regional studios that serve the area. Inhabitants In 2005, Norman Harding, a trade unionist, tenants' leader and socialist, published Staying Red: Why I Remain a Socialist, detailing his life and political activities while living at 40 Eastwood Crescent. In 2008, he was writing a book about Doris Storey, the winner of two Olympic swimming gold medals