It is hardly surprising that the people who live on the Ravenscliffe and Thorpe Edge estates were put out when the bus link between the two was axed as part of First Bradford's major reorganisation of services.

They hadn't been consulted about the loss of a circular service which for years had carried people between the estates to go to school, to visit friends or family, or to see the doctor. Instead of being able to make a short journey, they found themselves having to change buses and devote a lot more time to their trip.

As they soon began to point out forcefully, in letters to this newspaper and in telephone calls to their councillors and MP, they considered themselves to have had a raw deal out of a bus reshuffle which in other respects had much to commend it - particularly the introduction of the Overground system with its comfortable new buses.

Now their cries of outrage have been heard and heeded. A well-organised protest, including a 5,500-signature petition and backed by local and national politicians, has had the desired effect. The people of Ravenscliffe and Thorpe Edge can now celebrate the restoration of a bus link between their two estates.

Congratulations to all those who organised and took part in this campaign. It has proved to be a fine example of the way things can be changed when the people and the politicians work together.

Congratulations, too, to First Bradford for listening to what they had to say, for being big enough to admit that ending the link had been wrong, and for putting matters right.