Despite two court appearances and numerous interventions by the anti-social behaviour team, the stress and disruption of trying to hold down a job with little sleep and trying to live a normal life became too miserable.

The problem was my neighbours knew their “rights” more than the authorities did and dictated the course of every investigation.

They promised just enough to keep the authorities happy then proceeded to carry on as before.

Eventually, when it became clear they were not taking any measures seriously, the advice I was given by the ASB team was that there was not much more they could do (despite back-up statements from three other neighbours) and to keep reporting all instances to the police.

Although the team has always been very helpful (I am on first name terms with a couple of them) their hands are tied.

I could no longer take the lack of sleep and the embarrassment of having friends visit and endure the animal excrement and noise in the close, the sound of fighting and the sight of their front door that has been repeatedly kicked in.

The ASB rules look great on paper but in practice, if the recipient is not remotely concerned with changing their behaviour, then the ball is always in their court.

The authorities would appear to have to give them chance after chance despite the misery of those living around them.

Dundee has lost a hard-working, tax-paying, decent resident and the original problem is now being inflicted on new neighbours. — Now Angus Resident.

Some time ago, the priorities were changed so that when travelling east, the left hand lane is for straight ahead and the right lane is for Stack.

Almost every day I am peeped at or have some threatening gesture directed at me by drivers who clearly do not know about the change.

Some signage prior to the roundabout would help. — Neil Bell, Lochee.

I was a city cab operator for 23 years before Mr Letford and his cohorts revoked my licence.

My car failed its test, despite me driving my cab straight from the garage doing my repairs to the council testing centre.

The committee took my livelihood away and I am now working outwith my own city.

Perhaps, if like some others, I had more muscle, the committee would have taken a different decision. — George Aimer, Kinghorne Road, Dundee.

These people don’t want anyone else to have a share in their trade.

The majority have their cars on the road 24 hours a day, 365 days a year so there could be more licences for others. — Gary Roads.

Children’s contact information was taken.

My daughter came home and told me about the theft and that the school needs to update emergency contact details.

Why was this not put in writing to let the parents know exactly what information had been stolen?

What are the school and the education department doing to stop this happening again? Was this information left out or was it locked up? — Concerned Parent.

[A Dundee City Council education department spokesman said, “There was a break-in at the school in the last few weeks when locked security cabinets were forced open and money and information connected with a small number of school clubs was taken.

“It was only children attending these extra curricular activities who were asked to put in their details again for the club.

“The school takes security extremely seriously.

“Tayside Police are investigating and we would ask anyone with information to get in touch with them.”}

None of the buses is ever on time, even the 0750 from Whitfield.

There should be a bus every five minutes during rush hour.

It’s also time there was a bus which went direct from Ballumbie to City Centre/Ninewells.

Having lived in Dundee for 40 years and used a lot of different bus services, this one is the worst.

You only have to look at the letters in the Tele where there is a complaint every week about this service.

A review is long overdue and if Travel Dundee is not willing to listen to it’s customers, it is high time another company put on a better and improved service. — Lesley Hewitt.

In fact, I was shocked in the early 70s that, on a rare trip, I found someone had knocked down the old Wellgate and replaced it with a shopping centre.

However, that was nothing compared to the shock I got a few days ago.

I strolled down Castle Street in search of a Wallace’s bridie to find the famous Old Pie Shop was gone.

Can you imagine my despair? The thought of never tasting a Wallace’s bean pie or an onion bridie ever again.

Say it ain’t so. They can’t be gone for good.

Is there anywhere I can get a Wallace’s pie or bridie? — Frank McGeechie, Charleston Drive, Dundee.

Considering that Labour has been in power for 10 years and it is now known that the Treasury has been aware for some time that the bank was in trouble, I think the blame lies with the Labour Government.

It was queues of worried savers that forced Chancellor Darling to bail out the ailing bank and then guarantee investors’ savings.

Now there is a lull in the crisis and the money markets have recovered somewhat, due to the cut in interest rates in the USA, we learn that the governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, has decided to pump £10 billion into the money markets.

Gordon Brown as Chancellor made the Bank of England independent in 1997 and allowed them to set interest rates.

At a stroke this independence has been removed.

Are we expected to believe that Messrs Brown and Darling had no inkling of Mervyn King’s intention? — R. F., Broughty Ferry.

People complained to the charity about my eight-month-old puppy.

The society followed up all calls. — Lisa Esson, Langshaw Road, Dundee.

Where are the facts?

As for his attack on the SNP over the botanic gardens, both Edinburgh and Dundee gardens are under threat because of lack of funding over many years of Labour/Lib Dem coalitions at Holyrood and Dundee. — Greenspace.