On the day that my daughter went missing, the alarms on the entrance and exit doors were switched off to allow a photographer easy access to the school.

My daughter was told by her teacher to go down a stairwell and exit through the fire exit door, which gave her access to the rear playground of the school.

When she did this the fire exit door closed behind her leaving her locked out of the school and in the playground.

What is she supposed to have done from that point?

Honest Parent also seems to think we condone Rachel climbing the gates.

This is not the case but what we are not happy with is the fact that the school seemed to pass the buck because Rachel climbed the gate.

All we ask is that proper supervision is given, that CCTV is possibly given better monitoring, that the janitor who saw her in the playground realised she shouldn’t have been there and raised the alarm.

I received a call at my work and I had to leave and look for my daughter.

I drove around Douglas for an hour and 15 minutes before she was found. Thankfully she was safe and sound.

I have told my daughter that climbing the gate was the wrong thing to do.

I have also told her that should such a situation arise again to sit tight and wait to be found and not leave the school premises.

I have certainly not given her a green light to do as she pleases but at the end of the day I think the school did not provide adequate supervision for my child.

I wonder what the reaction would have been if my daughter had been run over and killed on the Arbroath Road? — Gary McLeod, Rachel’s Dad.

It’s like a different place. When I was a student, I stayed in Hawkhill and for old times’ sake I walked down from my old flat to the city centre and for a short while I thought I was in the wrong city.

The university buildings seem to have multiplied since I was last here, with all the new accommodation springing up.

The cultural quarter is also looking great. I particularly enjoyed Dundee Contemporary Arts centre, which I think sums up the regeneration of Dundee from the rather downbeat city I left to the thriving one of today. I will be back a lot sooner next time. — Happy to Return.

Not for the first time it wasn’t shown. This has happened to me a couple of times in the past as well.

A stroppy Citylink dispatcher chided an elderly pensioner, trying to get to Perth, for getting in her way.

What a difference on arriving the well run, cleaner Buchanan Bus Station in Glasgow, which, although much larger, has the same mix of local and long distance services.

All departures and stances were clearly shown and staff were extremely helpful.

Why can they get it right when, as usual, Dundee proves to be a let down? — Peter Liddell, Paisley.

The employees demand of a 5% increase is ludicrous.

Unfortunately those who work for the council cannot be very well versed in how the economy actually works, therefore they are unable to comprehend why it is not possible to get this rise.

Inflation is high. If they got this rise, it will push it even higher. — Barry Boon.

[Beryl Reid’s career spanned almost half a century, during which she built a reputation for versatility playing gutsy roles. She is perhaps best known as the grumpy soap star George in The Killing of Sister George. She overcame dyslexia to become one of the nation’s best-loved actresses. She died in 1996 after contracting pneumonia while recovering from a knee operation.]

Typically, the pharmacists say this only affects children who would have got the condition anyway and we should not stop giving children paracetamol.

So why has there been such a massive increase in asthma over the years?

This looks like the mad cow disease situation all over again when we were encouraged to keep eating beef until it was proved to be dangerous instead of being told to stop eating beef until it was proved to be safe.

I wonder how many people suffered because of that advice.

We should now be looking for a safe substitute for paracetamol for children and stop giving them paracetamol immediately. — Fintryman.