COUNCIL chiefs have been accused of blatant ignorance - after misspelling the name of a Wharfedale village.

And not only does the council leaflet on changes in housing services misspell Pool-in-Wharfedale, but it also has two different spellings of Wharfedale.

Councillor Clive Fox (Con, Otley and Wharfedale) says he is appalled by the mistakes.

And he adds that the important message in the Going Local leaflet has been devalued.

"The council's proposals to change the way housing services are run are important because they could improve the service and attract more money for council house improvements, but I despair at the glaring errors in the brochure - they devalue the important message."

The colour brochure - Going Local North West, The Future of Your Housing Service - outlines changes to the way housing services are run.

Sent out to all council house tenants, the leaflet gives details of the area panel and how it intends to put out a series of newsletters.

Last year, Coun Fox complained after a tourism guide to Leeds included a picture taken from Otley Chevin in reverse.

He said: "In the past couple of years they have twice printed photographs of Otley in reverse.

"Now for a change they have misspelled Pool and in the same brochure they have got Wharfedale wrong as well. Having missed the letter 'e' from the middle of Wha-rfedale, it is almost as if they found they had an 'e' left over so they simply stuck it on the end of Pool."

And he urged people to get their own back by misspelling Leeds.

"The only thing I can suggest now is that every time someone living in the Otley and Wharfedale ward has occasion to write to the council in future they address their letters to Leedes City Council, Leedes. That way they may get the message."

A spokeswoman for Leeds City Council said: "We are aware that the newsletter 'the future of your housing service' was issued with two spelling mistakes.

"We apologise for this mistake and appreciate that local people will find this dissatisfactory.

"Our staff do take the utmost care to ensure that all material issued is of the highest standard, but accept that in this case has been subject to human error."