WITH all the Jubilee celebrations over, I'm surprised - yet very thankful - that your headlines have not read 'Teenager drowns in the river Teme'.

Last Saturday, I witnessed children and teenagers jumping into the river - not only from the old Teme bridge, but from the cast iron centre columns of the road bridge.

Thank goodness these children were moved off by several people from the old bridge and the road bridge, sadly only to move downstream to play on the muddy banks.

There's nothing new in that, except the Teme was carrying more than one metre of floodwater. The water was a brown, muddy colour carrying with it soil and clay, not the usual clear water that we have come to expect at this time of year.

There are very strong currents and whirlpools in the river. These young people and their parents should be aware of this.

COUN G P KIBBLEWHITE, Worcester.

n WITH all the Jubilee celebrations over, I'm surprised - yet very thankful - that your headlines have not read 'Teenager drowns in the river Teme'.

Last Saturday, I witnessed children and teenagers jumping into the river - not only from the old Teme bridge, but from the cast iron centre columns of the road bridge.

Thank goodness these children were moved off by several people from the old bridge and the road bridge, sadly only to move downstream to play on the muddy banks.

There's nothing new in that, except the Teme was carrying more than one metre of floodwater. The water was a brown, muddy colour carrying with it soil and clay, not the usual clear water that we have come to expect at this time of year.

There are very strong currents and whirlpools in the river. These young people and their parents should be aware of this.

COUN G P KIBBLEWHITE, Worcester.