The business that the council puts the way of the T&A is what is keeping it alive; Legal notices, job adverts etc.... And this colours editorial decisions and , yes, the council does get off lightly in terms of the nature of the journalism that it is exposed to when projects such as the Odeon and Westfield go wrong.And although the T&A paper edition is a shadow of what it once was, I still think that it would be a disaster if the T&A went and the only "local" daily paper was the Yorkshire Post.

T&A has been very poor for years, even before it became a tabloid the standards had dropped and it's slowly become worse as the years have drifted by. It's the 'mumsy' headlines which do it for me; "Mum attacked by yobs", for instance, which when you read on, you find the fact she had once borne children has nothing whatever to do with the story and the children weren't even there when the attack took place!.......

. Granddad and grandmother are also used in the same cloying way, pathetic imo.

Would the T&A be a loss? Serious question, what positive contributions has it made to Bradford in recent years? Anything to outweigh their ludicrously craven positions on Westfield, the Odeon and Odsal?

I wouldn't mourn its loss. If I thought I could get away with it I'd happily cause it.

If the resultant gap in the market were filled by a born and bred in the city alternative then, other than the fact it would leave a number of people out of work, I would be more than happy to see it go. If, on the other hand, it provided an opportunity for a Leeds based paper to to take over, then no. Bradford has already been diminished more than enough and to have a city of our size getting it's info from a Leeds based rag would just be too much for my pride to stomach, if I'm honest.

Not on the main (or even secondary) rail map, not mentioned on road signs until around ten miles from the city centre, 4th largest local authority in England and we're in the Weeds city region (for christ's sake), and not even on the local tv weather map most flaming weeks.....we've suffered enough, don't you think?

Perhaps Bradford should stage a hold-up of the Yorkshire Post. Should be safe enough as based on the above, the rozzers would never be able to find it.

Bulliac, thats my thinking too! Sick of being part of Leeds city region. Even on the bbc website its now leeds and west yorkshire!
The T&A employs how many people directly and indirectly in BRadford? it must be hundreds! how many jobs can Bradford afford to lose?

It may be quite poor in some regards, but its better than nothing, or going weekly like the Halifax courier has!