A ten-year-old girl has been hailed as an example to her generation after she started a campaign to clean up a Bradford beauty spot which has been blighted by burned-out cars.

Leane Holland got so fed up with criminals dumping cars in woods near her home that she decided to take action.

The Clayton Primary School pupil has written a letter to Bradford Council and has called on councillors and police to tackle the problem.

Leane loves to go walking with her parents Richard and Janet, her younger sister Emma and their dog Ben in Bull Greave Wood, near their home in Hunters Park Avenue.

But she said: "I have been worried that Ben could hurt himself on the glass. I decided to write to the Council, so I sent them an e-mail. I just want them to clean it up."

In the space of a mile, the ten-year-old has found the wrecks of more than 15 cars.

Her father Richard said: "There is broken glass and then there are all of the chemicals which must be contaminating the beck. I don't know where the cars are coming from but there must be a way in. We want the council or the police to put bollards up.

"Leane just decided to write a letter to the council. I am very proud of her."

Leane's efforts have also been praised by Bradford Council's environment education officer Anne Dixon. She said: "I say good on her. She obviously feels very strongly about it and it would be nice to see somebody responding to it by doing something about it."

A spokesman for the Council said: "We have written to Leane to thank her for her e-mail. We were already aware that several burned-out cars had been abandoned in the privately-owned Bull Greave Wood and have been working with the police to arrange their removal.

"The council does not have a duty to remove abandoned vehicles from private land but we do monitor this area regularly and have removed burned-out cars from there on previous occasions."

He said the Council was trying to find out who owned the land, so enforcement action could be taken.