I’m wondering why these girls are able to do this when it’s so openly going on.

For instance I took my kids round to Baxter’s Park after tea one evening and there were three girls on the street at 6pm. I then took my dog out with my husband at 11pm and they were still there.

The Government is spending all this money regenerating Stobswell but can’t get prostitutes off the street.

It only takes a CCTV camera up Morgan Street to see these girls and the cars picking them up.

They’re quite visible and are there every night from around 5pm. — Angry Resident of Morgan Place.

Considering the number of people in Fintry, it would only cost a few pence every week to cover the cost to keep this playgroup open, if they really want it.

As for putting the blame on to the SNP, at this moment in time Dundee Council is run by the Labour Party. They control the purse strings.

I do not vote for either of the two parties mentioned above. — G. O. B.

It is a lot of money to spend on a teenage smoking shelter. Surely the money could have been better spent at a community centre? — Credit Cruncher.

I really don’t feel that is how any parents of pupils at the new Craigowl feel.

Everyone I know is dreading the reality of a school where the capacity is 425 pupils but the enrolment figure is approx 550. At a meeting over two years ago, Dundee City Council was aware of the problem and was allegedly addressing the issue by changing the boundaries, which they did.

However, the authority has not enforced this so pupils whose addresses are in the catchment for Downfield Primary have been allowed to enrol at Craigowl.

The council spoke of the fantastic new facilities at the new school. By all accounts the music room is being turned into a classroom, two cupboards have been made into a classroom and how do they envisage feeding 550 pupils over an hour?

So Councillors Keenan and Bidwell should stop bragging about how wonderful a job they have done and start answering the concerns of not just the parents but also the staff. — Concerned Parent.

It is his/her responsibility to make sure we receive the renewal every year. It has been widely publicised in the press and on television and reminders were sent out in the post that all renewals had to be completed by the end of July otherwise payments would stop. I find it hard to believe that the claimant would not have been aware of this.

As to the other point, the child tax credit system rewards those with children very well. Each and every child is entitled to a £2085 p.a. award and more if a child or children are disabled. A calculation for nine children with one being disabled gives a tax credit award of just over £22,320 a year. Couple this with the child benefit awards of £6200 per year, this gives a tax free income of over £28,500 p.a. This figure is the equivalent of someone in work earning £39k pre tax.

The tax credit claim will be renewed and all money “owed” paid back. I find it extraordinary that someone in receipt of so much benefit can complain about the system. Be grateful to the hard-working taxpayer for funding you and your nine kids’ lives. — Angry Hard Working Taxpayer.

Dick Cheney said that Russia’s retaliation “will not go unanswered”, referring to Russia’s action in Georgia.

And then there is the Secretary of State Condolezza Rice who said, “This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia, where Russia can threaten a neighbour, occupy a capital, overthrow a government and get away with it. Things have changed.”

All this from people who were determined to invade sovereign country Iraq, even though it presented no threat to America and had nothing to do with 9/11 and the bombing of the Twin Towers.

Brass necks? I think so. — Dermot O’Sullivan.

Not only do I not want to read about this cruel, sick animal murderer I certainly do not ever want to read the line “winning two trophies — the ears of the beast he had just slain.”

Not long before, I read about the horrific ordeal the pet rabbits went through and appeals for anyone who had information to come forward, but now you are condoning this?

I don’t think the Peta will be backing the Tele over this article. — Cheryl Mitchell.

This can only help induce some people to visit such barbaric spectacles when on holiday in Spain, thus keeping this excuse for ‘sport’ going.

If people did not attend, this outdated practice would die, like the poor unfortunate bulls. — Stuart Cameron.

As a teenager, I like to look at the new shoes and the clothes to see what I can get the next time my budget allows it.

I am getting annoyed at being followed by the security guard. I actually was asked by one of the staff if I “needed assistance”.

I have never had a person from that shop ask me that. This is about the 12th time I’ve been followed.

I’m certainly not a thief. — Sarah Petrie, Dundee.

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