SIR - Where do Bradford Councillors do their Christmas shopping? Does Santa deliver it all directly to City Hall?

My wife and I wanted to look round some nice shops so we went to Leeds, of course. It was pleasant to spend some time and a little money in Leeds, because there are shops. Most town and city centres have shops, except Bradford.

What have we in Bradford? Nothing! What are we going to have in Bradford? A park, a pond, boulevards, a canal, and, it seems, a three-star hotel!

If Bradford Councillors had any brains they would die of shame - if they had any. We are planning our next shopping trip - to Leeds!

L A Hobsbaum, Willow Crescent, Bradford