The number of people waiting to receive council housing has apparently dropped.

This may be the case, but if you talk to people waiting to get council accommodation, there are still many waiting for suitable accommodation.

I have friends classed as homeless in a one-bedroom flat. The bedroom was not fit to be used and they were sleeping in the living room with their 14-month-old. They have recently had to purchase a flat as they had no hope of being housed.

The situation is not unique. Wherever I go, there are people talking about the problems they have finding suitable housing.

I am living in a one-bedroom flat with my husband and baby.

We, too, are looking at buying a property, but with the current market it is unlikely we will be able to do that until quite a way in the future.

We are not the only ones in this situation and something needs to be done soon.

Statistics are one thing, but these numbers represent real people in difficult situations. — Cramped Council Tenant.

As usual the well-used phrase was trotted out, “We have learned by our mistakes”, we have certainly heard that before.

My advice is get people in to do the job who are not frightened to knock hard on doors and ask to see the child concerned and not to be fobbed off too easily by the parents.

It’s all very well having the credentials and degrees in social work which are lovely on paper, but perhaps aren’t the best preparation for such a career.

They are out of their depth. Get people who are not frightened to confront the ones responsible for the cruelty to the children.

I only hope action is taken against the Social Work people involved and I don’t just hear “We have learned by our mistakes”. — Doug, Monifieth.

The reason being that this is a festival that is not worth celebrating due to its connections with the occult.

So why parents and grandparents should complain about and criticise the teacher at Downfield Primary, along with many other classes in the school, which chose not to celebrate Hallowe’en, is beyond me. Haven’t they got anything better to do with their time?

After all, Christmas is coming and that is something that is definitely worth celebrating, with plenty opportunity to dress up and enjoy lots of parties.

So come on, let’s support teachers in what can be, at times, a very difficult job. — Caroline Stewart.

However, they have spent a great deal on sending a rocket to the moon.

While it is good to hear of India’s technological advances, surely the time has come for aid to be reviewed. British taxpayers’ money should be spent to help the people of this country. — George Aimer, Kinghorne Road, Dundee.

We get our meals, which we pay for, we work 10-hour day shifts and 14- hour night shifts and cannot go home at lunch time so have no other choice but to eat on the station.

My last wage increase was 2.45%. It’s hardly a groundbreaking sum.

Balmossie has one full-time fire engine and one part-time fire engine, which we are fighting to keep for people in the area.

I have attended a number of fatal incidents, both in fires and road traffic incidents in Balmossie’s area. A few of these involved multiple fatalities. It is in no way a “sleepy hollow” . — Kenny Blues (Balmossie Firefighter)

Designed and built by the famous Victorian gothic master and builder and architect Sir George Gilbert Scott (who also designed St Paul’s Cathedral in Commercial Street), architecturally it is one of Dundee’s most significant buildings.

This refurbishment project will mean that it continues to hold its place as an architectural treasure for many years to come. I can’t wait to see the results. — Dundonian.

However, I don’t see the Irish Republic wanting to return to the UK. — Dryburgh Reader.

Stalls include tombola, craft, cake and candy and raffle with a prize draw at noon. There are over 40 prizes to be won. — Ken McLeish (Scheme Manager), Dura Street Sheltered Housing.