This has resulted in the city council’s plan to reorganise its school provision.

Angus, in contrast, has benefited greatly from Dundee’s population loss.

This has put pressure on the existing facilities leading to calls for a new secondary school for Angus, estimated at some £10 million.

I also note a request has again been made to Dundee to get involved in its funding.

The city’s officials should sidestep this request as its residents are burdened enough. — Dundee Council Tax Payer.

I NOTE that council administration leader Rob Murray is the latest to voice his support for a new secondary school for south Angus.

It is clear that, while successive Angus administrations have been keen to encourage housing development on the Dundee periphery, they have failed to plan for the resulting growth in school numbers.

Children from the Sidlaw area have to endure a marathon journey across the county to attend school in Monifieth. For some it is a 20-mile daily round trip.

Resumption of building at Ballumbie of the 236-house development, suggests action is urgently required if a crisis is to be averted.

I can never understand why such developments are given the green light. Where are the job opportunities in Angus to justify this development? — L. M. Leitch, St Fillans Road, Dundee.

WITH RESPECT to councillor Rob Murray, Angus Council alone should fund a new school for Sidlaw.

The reason for the looming crisis in secondary schooling is precisely because of large developments like Ballumbie Castle.

Dundee City Council has lost thousands of residents (and much needed council tax income) to Angus and Perth & Kinross councils in recent year.

It is not fair those of us who choose to live in Dundee should have our tax increased to help out Angus. — Dundee Taxpayer.

Every city needs “lungs” for its citizens and this is one of them.

What a pity then to read in the Tele that the council has passed a plan by Asda to site a supermarket there.

Can’t they put it elsewhere and let us enjoy the sylvan space as it is? — Observer.

I am waiting for some reaction from the local MPs or MSPs to this outrageous affair.

The Ambulance Service spokesman said it would not be life threatening, without seeing the casualty. How can the service judge the degree of shock and blood loss from a disabled child?

I was an ambulance driver in the late sixties and had hoped the service had improved with all the new technology. However, it seems humanity — the most important thing — is missing. — W. C. Duthie, St Fillans Road, Dundee.

I REFER to the report about the little girl who had an almost-severed finger and the Ambulance Service stated it was not life threatening.

How do they know? What if she had bled to death? I find it ridiculous this incident could be assessed as non-urgent. It does nothing to give people faith in the service. — B. C., Monifieth.

My wife and I are customers of the Trades House bar and have, for the last six years, visited regularly on a Saturday morning with our grandchildren. Neither of us is a smoker and we have chosen the Trades House because of the clean air atmosphere.

This new policy will now prevent us from enjoying the hospitality of this bar and its family atmosphere.

The ban on issuing licences unless there is an enclosed family area will only serve to force families to use cafes/restaurants that do not ban smoking. All eating places should be forced to adhere to the same requirements. — Trades House Regular, Alyth.

I HAVE read the debate about smoking in bars and totally agree with Dundee’s Licensing Board’s decision to refuse children’s certificate.

A rule that protects children from the fumes from this disgusting habit is no bad thing.

The sooner smoking is banned in all public places the better. — P. A. F., Newport.