I HAVE read in the Tele about people complaining of not being able to claim incapacity benefit as they are seen to be fit for work, even though they are in pain.
Then there are some young people who seem to get Incapacity Benefit even though they appear to be fit.
I have just received a letter from DWP telling me that, after a recent medical assessment, they have decided I have no incapacity and am fit for work.
They arrived at that decision and awarded me no points on their system even though I have had a heart attack, a quadruple heart bypass, a slightly enlarged heart, severe breathlessness, diabetes and slight emphysema, only diagnosed last week.
There are other problems I told them about, and how they can see me as being fit for work defies belief. But who am I to argue with them, after all, they are the experts. — J. S., Dundee.
Cyclathon will aid Cash For Kids
Stuart Webster and ‘Funboy’ Andy Robbie.
THANKS TO Claverhouse Rotary Club, Radio Tay’s Cash for Kids is this year’s nominated charity for the Dundee Cyclathon.
Sunday, September 13, will see hundreds covering 26 miles over Dundee’s Green Circular Route, starting from Camperdown Park.
The Cyclathon is not a race and cyclists can enjoy the day at their own pace.
Entry fees are being held at last year’s prices — individual £8; family £15; team £25.
Tay FM’s Breakfast presenter Stuart Webster and ‘Funboy’ Andy Robbie will be taking up the challenge on a tandem, which has been kindly donated by Nicholson’s Cycles in Dundee. Nicholson’s are great supporters of the Cyclathon and provide a repair facility on the day.
The event, organised annually by Claverhouse Rotary Club, is well marshalled and there will be a Red Cross presence.
Medals and refreshments are provided for all who complete the course.
For more information, contact Harrison Watson on 01382 667193 or visit www.claverhouse.rotary1010.org or www.tayfm.co.uk and follow the Cash for Kids links. — Two Wheel Fan.
Delighted at cash for Lochee
I AM absolutely delighted to see that Lochee has been given £2 million from the Scottish Government for regeneration.
Well done to everybody in the local community who have worked so hard for this.
Thanks must go to MSP Joe FitzPatrick, among others, who proposed that Lochee made the bid and the local councillors who backed it.
I recall that Joe FitzPatrick, within days of the announcement of Tesco shutting down, had secured assurances that there would be a replacement.
He delivered on that and he delivered on this bid. — Political Connoisseur.
SHOPS AND SUPERMARKETS
I HOPE that when Lochee gets the £2 million regeneration cash, it is spent on shops, supermarkets, etc, as I think we have enough pubs/bakers/betting offices to last a lifetime.
This would bring the life back into Lochee and we would have more people shopping in the area.
If we had enough shops, we would not have to keep going into town.
Lochee used to be a great shopping place and it can be again. — Marie.
Hoardings cause problems
I READ the stories and letters about the former Homebase site at Riverside Drive in Dundee and offer what to me seems a simple solution.
The problem is the hoardings for safety purposes around the plot when it was planned to build flats on the land.
This was erected so the pavement was blocked and a path was created to the rear for pedestrians.
This path is not popular because it is secluded and the Tele carried a report about a mugging there.
One solution would be to demolish the fence, but then this would expose to view one of the city’s prime areas now no doubt infested with unsightly weeds and which would soon become a dumping ground.
My solution, with safety no longer needed, is to move back the hoardings so that the pavement, funded by taxpayers, comes back into use. — Stroller.
Should serve Dundee people
GROVE HEALTH CENTRE in Broughty Ferry has decided to exclude 200 patients from its register, citing as a reason they do not live within the DD5 postcode area.
As this practice is based in Dundee, its primary function should be to serve the people of this city.
It beggars belief they would wish to offer a service to folk from outside the city with a DD5 postcode, but exclude people who live in Dundee. — C. E. C.
Lightning
JULY 15 produced thunder/lightning in Dundee and again on July 21, as the city and most of the rest of the country endured their third successive wet July.
As dangerous as lightning is, apparently, the planet could not survive without it. — Weather Watcher, Dundee.
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