I HAVE just read in the Evening News that Worcester City Council is about to receive a substantial grant amounting to thousands of pounds.

It intends to blow the lot on improving High Street and the Deansway junction.

Why? There's nothing wrong with High Street that won't keep, and the problem at Deansway is the fault of drivers, not the road layout.

I'd have thought its priorities would have been to improve some main roads in the city. Bilford Road and Brickfields Road spring to mind.

Regarding the Deansway junction, I don't remember ever seeing any accidents reported in your paper.

I think it's a case of look after the tourists, who only visit the city at certain times of the year.

The opinions of local people have never been considered in this city.

DES BRADLEY,

Worcester.

I ACCEPT Mr Burgess's sincere apologies, although I suspect they were offered with a "tongue in the cheek" attitude.

I am grateful for his offer to show me aspects of hunting and hare coursing.

Fortunately, my life is taken up with undertaking worthwhile projects and innocuous hobbies that do not involve the persecution and killing of animals, so I have neither the time nor the inclination for the seamier side of life.

Really, Mr Burgess, I am not at all puzzled by the use of horses in a hunt.

The question was merely rhetorical. Horses provide the ability for riders to terrorise and exercise power over one hapless animal.

As one reader put it "it ain't fair is it?" and with the odds of 70 to 1 he is quite right.

As for the Burn's Report, I have spoken to people who have read it and have expressed vastly different views from those of the pro-hunting fraternity.

As there are obviously differing interpretations, it doesn't take an Einstein to realise it's ambiguous, so I have decided not to waste my valuable time reading it.

Finally, I assure Mr Burgess that I refuse to be patronised, manipulated or coerced by anyone.

MARION J LARGE,

Worcester,

Worcs.