Cllr David Ward has praised schools for their in the recent GCSE results.

He said,

" The recent set of GCSE results include some very impressive performances by some of our schools.

Without statistics on the number of pupils receiving free school meals and with special educational needs, it is very difficult to determine the degree of 'success' school-by-school.

Bradford North Area Committee us holding a hearing on Young People and Unemployment' to help inform its Area Action Plan on Friday November 27th at Bradford City Football Ground between 9.15 am and 1 pm.

Invitations have been sent to people who are actively involved in planning for and working with young people within the Bradford North Area, inviting them to contribute. Over twenty organisations have accepted, six will be making presentations, followed by workshops.

Councillor David Ward ( Lib Dem Idle ) has taken up a complaint from residents about The Hungry Monkey, a take away food shop on Leeds Road which has started operating a mobile van at the end of Ashfield Road on the blocked off pavement .

A number of local residents have complained about the noise and smell. Pupils from local schools are using it and spilling into the road

The Bradford North Area Committee is allocating £160,000 of money from its Area Initiative Fund to three projects; Nurture Rooms, Bradford East Community Enterprise and the Financial Services Apprenticeship Scheme.

Six schools have put in bids for Nurture Rooms which are used to help children who struggle to take part in school life because of emotional or behavioural difficulties. The Nurture Rooms will be develop to national standards.

Residents at St. Mary's Fold in Laisterdyke are celebrating the decision by Councillors of the Bradford North Area Committee to remove the bollards the Council had used to close the road at St. Mary's Fold.

Liberal Democrat Area Committee Chair, David Ward said, "The case was well made by local residents. The council had not consulted with residents and had not followed the correct procedure to close the road. Residents can now continue to use the services of the library bus and will not longer be in danger from vehicles who could not get through using the car park at the St. Mary's Fold sheltered housing complex as a turning area. The Council must do much more to consult with local residents. This is clearly a road with long established rights of way as part of the highway network. Those sort of rights cannot just be ignored neither can the rights of people living in a shelter housing complex to live in quite enjoyment of their homes."

Cllr David Ward campaigning to get Westfield to re-start the shopping centre development.

Liberal Democrats in Bradford have written to Westfield's top boss, Frank Lowry, inviting him to Bradford to see for himself the impact of the failure of his company to deliver the promised Broadway Centre.

Leading Lib Dem David Ward said; "Frank Lowry is one of Australia's wealthiest men. He needs to get himself here to see the consequences of Westfield's failure to deliver in Bradford."

Councillor David ward is celebrating victory following the Council's U-turn over fencing at Birk Hill.

Workmen had sparked anger when they started to erect a fence round the recreation ground so that animals could be grazed there. Local residents said that the area had been used for recreation for more than 40 years.

Residents of St Mary's Fold, a residential scheme for retired people, have been told that the mobile library will cancel its visits to them because the Council has given a license for the installation of bollards which make it impossible for large vehicles to turn.

Councillor David Ward, chair of the Bradford North Area Committee has taken up their concerns with the Council. He said,

Cllr David Ward, chair of the Bradford North Area Committee has written to Phil Barker, Assistant Director Leisure Services about the sports strategy which he says is flawed and not based on the evidence.

In his letter he says,

" There have been two consultant's reports and I can find no evidence to support the provision of a new swimming pool in Bingley and certainly no evidence to support this as a priority for the council.

Cllr David Ward , the Lib Dem spokesperson on education has condemned as 'a wasted opportunity' the Executive plans for the last phase of school rebuilding.'

The Executive is set to approve refurbishment and new building for thirteen secondary schools in the district and two special schools.

Cllr Ward said,