Sightseers and residents in Saltaire will have somewhere to take a breather after Bradford Council agreed to reinstate a bench which mysteriously disappeared.

Villagers were baffled when the bench, which was located in front of the Saltaire Medical Practice in Richmond Road, went missing about six weeks ago.

Investigations to traders and the Highways Agency, which is responsible for the road, drew a blank and there was no evidence of a bench ever being there, said Shipley councillor, Martin Love.

However, the Council’s highways department has now agreed to put a new bench in its place after Green Party Councillor Love reported the previous bench missing.

He said: “Nobody knows where it has gone and the Highways Agency had no record of it ever being there.

“Somebody brought it up with me and I asked some of the traders where they had thought it had gone. When we looked, there was no evidence of a bench ever being there.

“The Council’s highways are going to replace the bench. Hopefully that will be in the next few weeks.”