It’s management in general who is to blame. It has caused a lack of strong and effective management, confusion over roles and responsibilities and serious gaps in management responsibility for poor performance.

Who created this “management in general” — who is in charge of it and who is responsible for its performance?

Of course, as in any public or commercial organisation, it is the director.

For the council to then claim there is no one responsible for the situation just shows how out of touch the convener, officers and director must be from what is required to run an efficient, effective and responsive organisation. — Dan D. Mann.

As part of this new system, the island midway across the road is gone.

Consequently, the pedestrian no longer knows when he or she is in the middle of the road.

Now we are encouraged to look to the right at the direction of traffic.

This assumes we have the opportunity of a clear view.

However, on a less than busy Saturday afternoon, I saw several problems and great danger in this new system.

I do fear for children, elderly or the disabled crossing at this point as several blind spots exists for both car drivers and pedestrians due to the bus stops. Now we walk into no-mans-land in many ways.

The green man is behind us — when we cross we do not know when it changes — as we stand in the middle of the road.

The stationary buses to our left block our view down Victoria Road, while buses moving up Victoria Road block our view to the right.

For car drivers, two lanes converge into one due to the bus stops. — Graham Duncan.

The SNP promised to scrap student debt, help first-time buyers, bring civil service jobs to Dundee and introduce a local income tax. All appear to have been dropped.

Now we see parents and children failed by the SNP’s failure to cut class sizes.

The Maryfield ward election will be the first chance Dundonians have to pass judgment on the SNP’s record. — C. Wilson.

Jim organised a petition in local shops in Lochee, collected the names and responded to everyone who signed the petition.

The people of Lochee should be grateful for all Jim’s hard work and endeavours. — Rose and Dave Falconer.

Workshops are available every month at our Dundee City Centre premises in King Street, followed on by a two-year aftercare package, tailored to each individual, where each person can access one to one support, guidance and advice on returning to work.

The workshop creates an up-to-date CV, help with application forms and support on how to succeed at an interview; we also cover much, much more and see our clients move into different types of jobs.

Many of our clients who have returned to work were unemployed for more than three years.

We are keen to support more people back into work, so if you are unemployed, aged 16-65, live in the City of Dundee and want to move back into a job, get in touch for more information. Contact me on 01382 224090. — Jeni Ramsay.

I went to the department in the council regarding my mother, who is 77.

I asked if they could help with an apparatus to help my mother get in and out of the bath. My wife could not do this on her own and, when she was trying to bath my mother, it was an ordeal.

My mother was just too frail to get in and out of the bath even with help, so it was arranged for someone to come up and assess her.

She was assessed as not meeting the criteria, so I had to use all my savings to put a new shower room in for my mother’s safety. — Very Sad Son.

However, three missing classmates need to be found to make our numbers complete.

Does anyone know the whereabouts of Eric Beckett, Bill McPhee and Ian Coutts?

If so, please contact me on 01382 581301 or by email deanlives@btinternet.com. — Eddie Devlin, Birkhill.

Robert told viewers he started as a film extra in Cecil B. De Mille’s epic The Ten Commandments (1956).

At that time, this movie constituted a momentous awe-inspiring, vast slice of cinematic art. Elmer Bernstein wrote its beautiful, symphonic music theme.

But a TV outing which captivated the UK in immense popularity (Robert said it rocketed in the ratings here, even more so than in the USA) was his trademark The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964).

What I also enjoyed in that outing with sidekick Illya (David McCallum) was when Robert kept saying “I’m Napoleon Solo.” I loved the artwork and photo-covers of resultant books.

This series spawned The Man From U.N.C.L.E. annuals. — J. I. Matthew.