The hospital may well have cut down on the use of agency nurses, but we constantly work below our staffing levels due to sickness and absence, and no cover is provided.

We find it annoying that reports of this nature are printed without any comment from nursing staff. This gives the public a false impression. — Disgruntled Nurses, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.

AS A nurse at Ninewells Hospital I wonder as to the group of staff Mr Colin Masson (finance director) was referring to when talking of the change in morale.

Perhaps there is not the use of agency staff within TUHT but in reality that means shortage of staff. This does nothing to increase morale, patient care and causes stress amongst the staff.

Money may be saved on the short term but staff absence due to stress, physical illness and leaving will do nothing in the long term. — Tired Nurse.

THE FRONT-PAGE story about “skyrocketing” morale in Ninewells Hospital must have been a joke.

The NHS spokesperson was not from the nursing profession, but from the financial department.

I’ve just finished a seven-day stretch of shifts and every shift was short staffed. The hospital is saving money by not employing agency nurses, but the nursing staff is feeling the strain. Perhaps the situation will have to be reviewed when staff become unwell with stress.

Perhaps the Tele would be better investigating and reporting the severe bed shortage that is rearing its ugly head. — Knackered Nurse.

I have been involved in three incidents of theft/ vandalism since the dull, inferior white lighting was installed.

I suggest MSP Marlyn Glen scraps the idea for expanding it as it appears that crime has increased.

Put back the orange lamps. This lighting was brought in so that car lights etc, were able to penetrate the gloom in adverse conditions such as fog, heavy snow, driving rain, etc.

White light reflects in these conditions. — Sparky.

THE GOVERNMENT, along with local councils, should give us back our white street lights.

The orange lights, if my memory serves me right, were introduced for driving conditions such as fog or smog and snow/blizzard conditions.

They were not designed for the pedestrian in towns and cities.

We are left with a dark practically non-existent street light and it is the criminal’s best ally.

Let’s get back to our white street lights.

The old gas lights were better than the orange gloom. — George Martin, Woodside Avenue, Dundee.

Were the perpetrators of the fire caught? What was the punishment? What was the cost involved? Was the building insured? If so what happened to the money? When is the site to be redeveloped? What has been the delay?

Land in the West End suitable for house building is at a premium and the council must be sitting on ground worth a lot.

In the meantime the area has become an unofficial dump.

The final irony is that this area is supposed to be part of the West End Conservation Area. — Westender.

[On January 21, 2001, a boy, then aged 14, appeared before a sheriff and admitted the offence, which happened on March 13 the previous year, at the school which had been closed in 1998.

He had sentence deferred for reports. Sentence was further deferred for advice from the Children’s Panel and for the boy to attend the Choice Project.

He appeared before the sheriff again on August 8, 2002, and his solicitor told the sheriff the boy had made progress. The sheriff agreed and remitted the boy to the Children’s Panel.

The council had to pay £126,000 to demolish the building and only £30,000 was covered by insurance. In addition, one of the reasons given for an above-inflation rise in council house rents in 2002 was the increased cost for fire insurance due to the blazes at Logie and Morgan Academy.

In August 2001, the council decided the site should be earmarked for housing. The only style to be allowed would be low-density, large town houses.

The council has since been in talks with developers, but so far there has been no announcement of any going ahead.]

I also attended this concert with friends. At the beginning of his act the backing band was too loud and drowned out his voice.

If Mr Taylor and the other people who left had stayed, they would have heard brilliant renditions of Maria and American Trilogy.

PJ still has a great voice and age has not affected it one bit. I was embarrassed by the people who left. — In Defence.

I WENT and spoke to PJ’s musicians and told them we could not hear the singer as they were too loud.

My partner and I stayed to the end in the hope things would improve but sadly it did not.

This was a shame as PJ Proby is a talented man. — Lorette Lorente.