A regeneration scheme is providing a road sweeper and cleansing vehicle to blitz one of Bradford's worst "grot spots".

More than 10,000 people put dirty Leeds Road first when they named the top ten eyesores across the district after being urged by the Telegraph & Argus to contact the Council.

People complained that the road, which is a main gateway into Bradford, was littered with scraps of food and take-away cartons, giving an impression to visitors that they were entering a run-down, shabby city.

Now Regen 2000, which is administering a £28.5 million award from the Government's Single Regeneration Budget, has allocated almost £116,000 to partly sponsor a cleansing worker to sweep the roads as well as buying a mechanical sweeper and 100 more litter bins.

Regen 2000 chief executive Nadim Qureshi said: "A lot of people have raised the issue of litter as a matter of concern and saw it contributing to the negative image of the Bradford 3 area.

"An improvement in street cleanliness should encourage local pride, business investment and more visitors to the shops and restaurants in the area.

"It is part of our response to community needs for a cleaner environment."

Councillor Anne Hawkes-worth, executive committee member for the environment, said: "It is good news but the very unfortunate thing is that the area has to have extra cleans. The next thing will be an education programme to get the message home to people abut litter."

The Council's principal waste management officer, Damian Fisher, pictured with Regan 2000's Jane Trenholme and some of the new bins, said the Council had already doubled the cleansing shifts at Leeds Road - taking them from 7am until 4pm to 5am until 10pm - but the award from the SRB partnership board would allow it to do even more.