A father has branded a children's playground dangerous after a splinter from wood used as a safety surface became embedded in his young son's hand.

Now Phillipe Osborne is campaigning for certain types of wood chips to be banned from similar playgrounds across Craven following the incident.

Mr Osborne, of Sunnyroyd, Bradley, had taken his 19-month-old son, Tom, to the village's playground for the afternoon when the accident happened.

"I had hold of his hand all the time and he had just come down the slide," said Mr Osborne, a teacher.

"When he reached the bottom he took a few steps and just fell over and a splinter from one of the woodchips became embedded in his left hand. It could have easily have been his face or his leg."

Tom had to go to hospital after the wound in his hand became infected.

Michael Tomkins, clerk to Bradley Parish Council, said he was aware of Mr Osborne's concerns and the Council was taking "remedial action" whilst money was being raised for a new playground.

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