SIR - I wonder if the city fathers ever stop and study the needs of the elderly people in this city.

I and dozens of others use the Access Bus to help them shop in the town and they pull in to John Street. For the last month or more, John Street has been in a state of chaos, hazardous to the able-bodied, even worse for the elderly and in a lot of cases infirm people.

No places were made available to park for them to alight, nowhere to pick up, only yards away evading rubble and fences and drillers.

Surely with a little bit of thought and planning, some place could have been made available.

Eileen Payne, Heys Crescent, Thornton.

SIR - I noted with interest your article regarding Sir Ken Morrison's new-found status as the 13th richest person in Britain. He would do well to remember that a great deal of his wealth has been earned by the blood, sweat, and tears of Bradford folk, who need a new stadium for their beloved Bulls to play in.

Given the support he has enjoyed from the Bradford public over many, many years, he should feel ashamed and personally responsible for denying the Bulls and their supporters the new home they desperately desire, not to mention the lost job opportunities for the people of Odsal.

It would appear his company fears competition. Therefore, as he's now worth £1.2 billion, is it not time for him to spare a bit of loose change and fund the stadium himself, as Dave Whelan did for the people of Wigan as a thankyou for making JJB Sports a national success?

Damian Farr, Vint Rise, Idle.

SIR - The arrogance of this Labour government and its blatant bias towards London and the South East is nauseating to witness.

The Odsal delay is the latest kick in the teeth for poor old Bradford. However, the fact that the Minister responsible, Stephen Byers, is in charge of our roads and railways should have made us expect a delay.

What makes it worse is the Government can spend £200 million on new offices for MPs and £23 million on a small footbridge across the Thames yet can only allow Bradford £2 million for the crippling, long-term damage caused during the riots.

Similarly the Government authorises £750 million for a useless tourist attraction like the Dome, yet delays the chance for Bradford to have the benefit of a small new rugby league Stadium. I sometimes wonder how Ministers have the nerve to set foot North of Luton.

Is this, perhaps, something really important our brave Councillors and MPs may be able to rectify?

M Wood, Westercroft View, Northowram.

SIR - With regard to the recent decision around the Odsal development. Objections raised by the likes of Morrisons, saying that the development would affect other retail centres, are pathetic.

I can assure Mr Morrison that when I go to a Bulls match, the last thing on my mind is to take a week's shopping into the stadium with me.

I have been a loyal customer of Morrisons for years. However, if their selfish attitude to the improvement of not just the stadium and the area round it but the chance for more jobs in Bradford is prompted by their fear of losing a few quid (which I'm sure Sir Ken wouldn't miss), then I for one will not be spending another pound with them.

Noel Waterhouse, Chellow Grange Road, Bradford 9.

SIR - Peter Wilson writes (February 14) in reply to Douglas Legge's letter that God is the same power that unleashes earthquakes, floods, starvation and other so-called ghastly diseases and afflictions upon mankind.

Yes, God did create these forces, and therefore makes all mankind think about these innate processes, including the consequences of our actions that may cause many of these.

If the world did not suffer there would be craving, if there was craving there would be demand, and with demand there is a limit to what you can have.

Earth is not a supply, it is our natural inherent, and without pain and suffering the world would be morally unbalanced, causing us to consider each minute imperfection.

What would thousands of environmental researchers be searching for, if these natural disasters didn't exist? If all mankind were perfect, what would we be looking to improve in today's society?

God created these in his test upon us for survival. Unfortunately many of us do not succeed, therefore there is no doubt in God's love for us.

Aliyah Bashir, Garden Lane, Heaton.

SIR - Eileen Allen (Defend Council Housing Campaign) is of course right in that council house tenants will suffer from Bradford's stock transfer. Council tenants are accused of apathy. Sadly, such an allegation is true. But it is not only Council tenants who suffer from apathy.

An overwhelming majority of electors in Bradford and the country experience what is now called "political lethargy" euphemistically identified as total indifference to politicians. The cause is disgust with the sleaze, gerrymandering, cronyism, personifying British politics. People like Eileen Allen, myself, and one or two others who are witnesses to the sloth of this country's impotent political elements still have a will to fight the spin of lies that party politicians and civil servants use to hoodwink a now gullible and compliant public.

We are seen as a vexatious irritant by those in power. Will we win? I am afraid the cancer of shameless intrigue as practised by officials and party politicians is too deeply entrenched to offer hope.

However, I still have the determination to fight and will carry on until the end, as I hope people like Eileen Allen and others will do.

David Samuels, Station Road, Oxenhope.

SIR - With reference to the appalling incident of asylum seekers setting fire to their own quarters in order to escape. These people should have been kept in more secure conditions, and the local community warned of the dangers.

Those who in any shape or form attempt to break the law should be deported.

We continue to allow these people to come to Great Britain. Why? They should be refused entry as they are in Australia.

I pay my taxes and abide by the laws of the country I live in, but I object to my money being used to finance these law-breakers.

R Firth, St Paul's Avenue, Wibsey.

SIR - I would like to hear from anyone who worked at Listers Mill during the war years, especially in the furnishing dept. Also friends I danced with at the Textile Hall and the one I used to meet on "The Slab". Bradford has surely changed since I lived there, but it's still home to me.

Anne Sprague (nee Jackson), 1816 Bowstring Close, Nanaimo BC, Canada V19 1H4.