David Ward enjoyed taking time out from the campaign trail to help raise money for Lord Mayor's Appeal, which is raising money for children's cancer enterprise Little Heroes Cancer Trust and Bradford District Senior Power.

Around 80 people dangled nine floors to the foot of Bradford Central Library in the eighth annual abseil.

An average of five polls conducted immediately after the Sky TV Leaders Election debate on Thursday night put Nick Clegg as the winner, with all instant polls showing him ahead of Gordon Brown. After the Foreign Affairs-led debate from Bristol dominated by issues like Iraq, immigration and climate change, Nick Clegg won 3 of the 5 polls on the night, building on his position after the first debate.

David Ward dominated BBC Radio Leeds big general election debate, broadcast live Wednesday night between 7pm and 8pm.

"I agree with David" was the theme of the evening, in a localised repeat of last Thursday's leaders debate, as opponents fell over themselves to agree with Lib Dem policies. On the back of a wave of strong gains in national polls the debate reinforced the fact that the more the public hears from the Lib Dems, the more they reject the tired politics of both Labour and the Conservatives. Only the Liberal Democrats offer real, fair change.

The second Party Leaders Debate is taking place this Thursday starting at 8pm on Sky News. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in a TV debate in the run up to the General Election on May 6th, this time leading on Foreign Affairs.

The first half of the 90 minute Election Debate on Sky News will be devoted to Foreign Affairs, with the rest on any topic. The debate comes from Bristol, and will be chaired by Adam Boulton. Sky are inviting questions before the debate, with more information at http://news.sky.com/skynews/Election/debatequestion

Gordon Brown's recession has cost Bradford thousands of jobs and left people depending on a benefits system that traps them in poverty. Only the Liberal Democrats will work for young people who are in danger of becoming a lost generation and for older skilled workers who have lost their jobs.

Physical regeneration in itself is not the answer. This is the path which Bradford has previously followed with little permanent result. We must create social regeneration, community cohesion and higher levels of income. We believe that without exception, the Council should make sure that it obtains and can demonstrate the benefits in trade, training and employment opportunities of regeneration schemes.

The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats.

The Liberal Youth battle bus rolled into Bradford East yesterday as students from up and down the UK came to support David Ward.

Like many residents in Bradford East, students such as Lizzie, from Derby University, has been left disappointed by 13 years of Labour failures.

She said, "Labour just take places like Bradford for granted. We need a strong local voice for Bradford in Westminster, and that's David."

The Bradford Liberal Democrats launched on Monday their election manifesto, fighting for "residents to have the greatest possible freedom over their own lives and for inequality between rich and poor to be reduced". Education will be the key to achieving this.

Group leader Jeanette Sunderland said the Lib Dems' main priorities are to identify and tackle child poverty and target extra money to schools "where deprivation affects achievement."

Nick Clegg has launched the Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto. The manifesto sets out four clear priorities of fair taxes, a fair chance for every child, a fair economy, and a fair deal by cleaning up politics.

At the launch, Nick Clegg said:

"Every manifesto needs to have an idea at its heart. The basic idea that animates this manifesto is something I have always believed. I believe every single person is extraordinary.

The first Election Debate during the 2010 General Election campaign will be screened tomorrow at 8.30pm on ITV1, in front of a live audience in the North West of England.

The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable was the clear winner of the recent Channel 4 Chancellors Debate.

With all the momentum behind Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats the debates are expected to reveal the shallowness of David Cameron's all style-no substance policy and Gordon Brown's failure to build a fairer Britain in 13 years of Labour government.