SIR – Re Tolladine Road improvements.
What a waste of money and unnecessary inconvenience to motorists when it was obvious (except perhaps to the traffic engineers, could it be the same people responsible for the so called road improvements south of the city?) when all that was required to improve the traffic flow on the approach to Middle Hollow Drive, for traffic travelling from the city, was to widen the road near side by some six feet (1829mm for the Euro types).
That would create a lane for traffic turning left, leaving space to move the offside lane slightly to the left, so avoiding through traffic coming head on with those turning right from Middle Hollow. 
Travelling towards the city on Tolladine road, widening the road on nearside by a similar distance between Wharfdale Road on the left and Ambleside Drive on the right, would have allowed through traffic to pass on the nearside, traffic turning right into Ambleside Drive, so avoiding the congestion that occurs back to the traffic lights, Middle Hollow and the roundabout at Woodgreen Drive.
PS At the time of writing this letter there are still temporary traffic lights at this junction.
TONY EAVES
Martin Hussingtree
Worcester

We have our own homeless too
SIR – I watched absolutely horrified, going back two World Wars ago our forefathers fought to keep Great Britain great – what for?
As now the government wants all these immigrants to just walk in help themselves to whatever they can and want.
Back in the 40s and 50s the only foreign people seen in Worcester apart from men who stayed here after the Second World War was the POWs, were the Chinese from the Chinese laundry in Sidbury.
What will happen to all the British people in a few years when money has run out and there will be no benefits or pensions for any of us British people who worked all their lives and for Britain.
Our Great Britain does not owe these immigrants anything.
What is Mr Cameron and the government thinking of. Of course they love England who would not, they will get here and get everything.
We have homeless too, not just down and outs, but sick people, out of work people, couples whose family has split up, one or the other cannot afford the mortgage and they just give up and walk away, who looks after them.
MARGARET SHERIDAN

Worcester

Less tolerance of refuge seekers
SIR – I agree wholeheartedly with Derek Fearnside (Letters, 14.9.’15) that there is less and less tolerance of refuge-seeking and other migration. This is, of course, a direct and knowing consequence of cynical Tory policies and statements. It is a political choice of government whether to spend billions on replacing Trident or on building new health and education facilities, for instance.
In contrast, City Council Labour Group Leader Adrian Gregson called it wrong (Worcester News, 12.9.’15) when he was quoted as mouthing easy platitudes about “high moral standards”. The practical bit, on which Coun Gregson was, as ever, silent, was that we are one of the planet’s wealthiest nations, and could afford, with relative ease, to provide bigger and better public services and to grow our economy (sustainably, it ought to go without saying). The wealth is there; all that’s needed is different political choices.
While I’m on the line, as it were, the same Worcester News page had Coun. Gregson vaunting his loyalty: “no-one can question the fact [that] I’ve always committed to supporting [the] leader”. The degree of hypocrisy and economy with the verity in this statement is quite gob-smacking, and I do, therefore, indeed question it. Around the turn of the millennium, this man was regularly heard, in an increasingly loud voice as the evening wore on in city-centre pubs, espousing plain disloyalty – and plotting against – the local Labour Guildhall leadership at the time. Such self-delusion is worrying.
DAVID BARLOW
Worcester

Cancer research without animals
SIR – I was interested to read about Cancer Research UK’s new campaign for folks to leave them gifts in their wills (“Public urged to help fight against cancer”, Shuttle, Sept 10).
However, because CRUK funds experiments on animals, this campaign may have only limited success, in the light of a National Opinion Poll, where 82 per cent of those asked said they would not donate to health charities that finance animal tests.
Happily, there is an alternative for people who wish to fund cancer research without harming animals. This is the Dr Hadwen Trust, whose website can be found at drhadwentrust.org.
JANE HARGREAVES
Stourport

New care home is lovely for elderly
SIR – When Cranham Care Home was to close, my family and I were devastated as my 96-year-old mother was a resident there. But Sanctuary Care have moved them to Juniper behind the new St John’s doctors surgery and it is amazing. A beautiful place for the elderly to be and they have the same staff,  lovely ensuite bathroom and wc. I would recommend anyone to send their elderly loved ones there. My mother is very happy and well looked after.
MRS L PUGH,
Worcester