They are generally noisy, disruptive, abusive and intimidating — banging on windows, throwing missiles, making life in one’s own home nerve-wracking.

Having called the police three times, we were visited and, to a certain extent, assured that it was taken seriously.

However, the police seem to have little power in what is an ongoing nuisance.

There is no healthy fear of consequences for actions. That has been taken away by improvers who talk about “rights”. We all have rights, hopefully to live without the disturbance of an unruly few who seem immune to any kind of retribution.

Naming and shaming is what is needed to get real results. — Council Tax Payer OAP.

Well, Councillor Duncan, all I can say is this, you and your fellow councillors are all still asleep, along with our MSP and MP.

Unless we bring back proper punishment nothing will change. First we must name these people when they are apprehended, no matter what age they are. Maybe their parents will take a bigger interest in them and what they are getting up to.

Then we must have a real deterrent, not community service which they laugh at, but the birch, something they will remember and dread. As for those who take someone else’s life, then they should forfeit their own.

Politicians say they are getting tough on crime, but we don’t see any results. — G. O. B.

The removal of this building will certainly enhance the look of Dundee to visitors arriving from the east.

My only concern is the preservation of the frontage, which is surely the most offensive part of the building. For a truly representative view of Dundee’s jute industry one only has to look at earlier conversions, such as Baxter Bros, Princes Street; Brown Street Mills; Blaikie’s Mews, Alexander Street; and Thomson & Shepherd, in Shepherd’s Loan.

These solid grey buildings truly give the picture of Dundee’s major role in the world’s jute trade. I don’t think the Tay Spinners’ tiled wall would give out the same message. — P. Brady (ex-spinner of 30 years).

The towns he mentions (Dunfermline, Kilmarnock, Stonehaven and Inverurie) in relation to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen are all viable economic communities themselves.

This is in stark contrast to the problems that confront Dundee City Council, when calculating Council Tax.

Monifieth, Invergowrie and Birkhill/Muirhead are suburbs of Dundee and should be within the city boundaries.

I believe having to cater for Dundee’s ghost population, providing amenities and services with no financial recompence, contributes in no small measure to Dundee’s financial problems.

This is all about money, the Angus and Perth councils saving at the Dundee taxpayers’ expense. — Tax Bound.

Israel existed as two separate Jewish kingdoms even before Christ was born and Jews, of whom Jesus was one, had their own identity, culture and economy there, going back thousands of years.

If this land belongs to anyone it is to the Jewish people who have been there longest. If anything it is Muslims who are on Jewish land, as both Judea and Samaria are ancient Jewish territories.

Muslims arrived long after many Jews were expelled from their homes by the Romans.

However, there is still room for a Palestinian state if it is sworn to peace and normal relations with Israel.

Until the radical Muslim world accepts historical reality and halts the blatant incitement to war and terror, how can there be a true peace, which we all want? — J. N., Dundee.

Middle East commentators have since tried to play down the significance of the remarks by saying it wasn’t the first time such a high-ranking Iranian official has said this.

The Israeli-Palestinian relationship would prosper if the other Middle Eastern countries refrained from seeking to influence it.

The people of Israel wish to live in peace. But as history shows, they won’t be held to ransom in order to get it. — C. E. C.

I was involved in an accident with another car on November 12 at the junction of Baldovie Road and the new Arbroath Road dual carriageway in Dundee.

Just as I was about to approach the witness for details, the driver pulled out onto the wrong side of the road to get past the wreckage of my car and sped away. — Disillusioned.

However, Dundee City Council has been robbing us for years with over-staffed departments. We also have Tayside Contracts, which has been bleeding us dry. Dundee has one of the highest rents and highest council tax rates in Scotland.

Councillor Macpherson should get something done about this situation. — D. M., Dundee.